Umpire Richard Kettleborough Wide Ball IND vs BAN: It is not possible that there is any match of Team India and there is no discussion on Virat Kohli, but on Thursday, along with King Kohli, there was discussion about a person who had once given a controversial decision against India. Yes, we are talking about umpire Richard Kettleborough… Actually, the umpire is making a lot of headlines on social media because of one of his decisions in the last moments of the match.
Kettleboro did not give the ball wide
When Virat Kohli was playing after scoring 97 runs, the first ball in the 42nd over was not declared wide by Richard Kettleborough. Fans say that Richard wanted to see Virat Kohli’s century. In such a situation, if he had given the ball wide, all the hard work of Kohli could have gone in vain because it would have leveled the score and if after this another ball had been given wide, then Virat would have remained unbeaten on 97 runs. Ultimately, Kohli completed the 48th century of his ODI career by hitting a six and made Team India win the match.
Richard Kettleborough doesn’t give wide to Virat Kohli
Best moment of the match.#INDvsBAN #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/P49Uz9ZC9B— Lucifer 45 (@1m_lucifer45) October 19, 2023
Who is Richard Kettleborough?
50 year old Richard Kettleborough has been an England cricketer. He has played 33 first class and 21 List A matches. In 2006, he was included in the ECB list of umpires. He made his international umpiring debut in the T-20 between England and Australia at Old Trafford in 2009. He was on the panel of 18 umpires for the 2011 World Cup in India. In the same year he was promoted to the elite panel of ICC. Kettleborough won the ICC Umpire of the Year award in 2013.
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Shraddha Kapoor had offered almonds
In fact, during the WTC final, Richard Kettleborough, who was playing the role of third umpire, had given out Shubman Gill in a controversial manner. Cameron Green caught Gill with one hand, in which the ball was seen touching the ground, but after watching several replays, Gill was given out. After giving Gill out, Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor criticized Richard Kettleborough for the controversial decision. While sharing the story on Instagram, he took a sarcasm and offered them almonds to make better decisions. For your information, let us tell you that you have also seen Richard Kettleborough in the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup between India and New Zealand. When Dhoni was declared run out, it was Richard who signaled the third umpire to take the decision.
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