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After a contentious LBW call on the field, Baba Aparajith, a well-known cricketer from Tamil Nadu, fumed at umpires and opposition players on August 9, Wednesday. The 29-year-old found himself in this situation during the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Division 1 tournament match between Jolly Rovers CC and Young Stars Cricket Club.
In the 18th over of the match, when Baba Aparajith of Young Stars Cricket Club tried to defend the ball from the captain of Jolly Rovers CC, Hari Nishannth. The off-spinner had bowled the delivery within the stump line, which turned sharply past the batter before hitting his pads. Then, the ball flew in the air towards the short leg fielder GS Raju, who grabbed hold of it.
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Hari Nishannth and the rest of his teammates at Jolly Rovers CC went up to appeal, which led to the umpire giving the marching orders to back to the pavilion to Baba Aparajith. He was immediately shocked about the decision, letting his frustration known to the on-field umpire while asking him about the manner of his dismissal in all likelihood.
When the on-field umpire stood firm on his call, Baba Aparajith left the field of play before coming back to the middle once more, to argue with the opposition players. It led to both the on-field umpires playing peacekeeper to resolve the matter right there and then.
Watch the video of Baba Aparajith fuming at umpires and opposition players here:
In the record books, Baba Aparajith was given out LBW first, before the call was changed to out caught. If the TV replays are looked at, the ball from Hari Nishannth was probably missing the leg stump for the batter to be adjudicated LBW, while it hadn’t gone off the inside edge to the short leg fielder to give him out caught.
The match finished in favour of the Young Stars Cricket Club of Baba Aparajith, who had defeated Jolly Rovers CC by four wickets. Sai Sudharshan was the chief contributor in getting his side home, scoring an unbeaten 67 off 92 deliveries in the process.
