IPL 2022 News: "Why not for a waist height no ball?" asks Glenn Maxwell

Rovman Powell's effort to score 36 off the last six balls went in vain as Rajasthan won the match by 15 runs. The momentum was shifted during the No ball controversy in the middle of the over of the match no 34 of IPL 2022. Australia all-rounder and RCB player Glenn Maxwell questioned why the umpire didn't call that a no-ball? He also expressed that if we can give no ball on foot then why not for a waist height no-ball.

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"Why not for a waist height no ball?"

Glenn Maxwell on the no ball controversy

The No Ball Drama in the 20th over:

The drama begins in the last over of Obed Mckoy when Powell smashed a waist height ball for a maximum. Powell smashed three sixes in a row in the first three balls of the over. Meanwhile, in the third ball, the umpire doesn't give the no-ball for over height of the ball and that made the all drama begin. Rishabh Pant started to call off his players from the field. Meanwhile, coach Pravin Amre was seen to get involved with the umpire Nitin Menon.

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However, the umpire sticks to his decision as the dugout of DC wasn't happy with the decision. 18 were needed in the last three balls to grab two points for DC. However, Powell lost the momentum and misses the chance to hit six sixes in that over. Rajasthan won the match by 15 runs while Prasidh Krishna was the man who changed the game in the penultimate over. Prasidh gifted the Royals a wicket maiden in the 19th over that changed the scenario for DC.

In between all this drama people forgot to cherish the innings that Jos Buttler played. Buttler scored 116 runs off 65 balls which includes 9 fours and sixes. The inning helped the Royals to post a huge total of 222/2 on the board. It was Jos Buttler's third century of the season and overall fourth in IPL.