“Could have given ourselves a little more time”: Australia great’s message to third umpire after Sanju Samson’s controversial dismissal cricket news

Delhi Capitals registered an impressive 20-run win over Rajasthan Royals in a high-scoring IPL 2024 match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday. However, this match made a lot of headlines due to the controversy surrounding the dismissal of RR captain Sanju Samson. Chasing 222, the RR captain was caught at long-on by Shai Hope in the 16th over. While completing the catch, Hope came very close to the boundary line and some replays showed that there was a possibility that he touched the boundary line with the ball in hand.

But, the decision came in favor of DC and Samson was declared out by the third umpire and he had to be out on 86 runs.

It became a controversial scene as Samson also got involved in a heated argument with the on-field umpires. Amidst all this drama, former England batsman Paul Collingwood said that the third umpire should have examined from some more angles before giving his decision.

“Goughy (Michael Gough) is a very good friend of mine. So I’m going to defend him (laughs). Maybe he could have given himself another angle to double-check. Because it was so close. Those decisions and those moments make a huge difference, so maybe he could have given himself a little bit more time,” Collingwood told Star Sports.

“I know that in the IPL, the organizers want to rush things, the umpires are being told that they have to make decisions quickly. I think, on this occasion, there are a few more angles to clarify if everyone is in trouble. Could easily be the best way to go,” he said.

Talking about the incident, Samson was also fined 30 percent of his match fee for violating the IPL code of conduct.

“Samson has committed a Level 1 offense under Article 2.8 of the IPL Code of Conduct. He has admitted the offense and has accepted the sanction of the Match Referee. For a Level 1 breach of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final.” And is binding.” Statement from IPL.