In the ongoing second game of the Women's T20 League 2023 between Delhi and Bangalore, the use of technology mesmerized the fans. Apparently, in the last over of Delhi's innings, Jemimah Rodrigues hit a four on the ball. However, she had some doubts about whether the ball was going over her waist height. The umpires took help from the technology and found out that Rodrigues' back leg was collapsed.
This meant that the ball wouldn't have been called a no-ball anyway. Meanwhile, the ball tracker also showed that the ball was dipping towards the stumps. This meant that the India international didn't get a free hit on the next over. Meanwhile, the fans are divided in concern with the use of technology to check the waist height no-ball.
This is how Twitter reacted
Thanks to pant ❤️ pic.twitter.com/o7YOjlPw77
— KL Siku Kumar (@KL_Siku_Kumar) March 5, 2023
Yes please, with this we won't have Thala scream and shout from the pavilion with his hands up in the air.
— Arjun (@LifeIsAnElation) March 5, 2023
All thanks to Rishabh Pant
— A Random Mouse (@jerry80042722) March 5, 2023
Reminds of this LOL😂 pic.twitter.com/qH4Iuu6XGw
— Balram Bhala (@BalramBhala) March 5, 2023
this could have smashed middle part of the stumps pic.twitter.com/1Bdo17seCw
— Saifi🇵🇰 (@Saifi_views) March 5, 2023
Ball kaha h aur tracking kidhar ho rhi vsdk mallu
— YouAreWrong🐢 (@huihui_____) March 5, 2023
Why are they checking the dipping of ball, when the batter has made contact inside the crease?? The rules say otherwise, pathetic umpires don't even know the rules
— Aadv1k (@bestSinceGilly2) March 5, 2023
This much low after travelling to the stumps? I doubt.....
— Naveen Sharma (@iamnaveenn100) March 5, 2023
Utter nonsense camera work for Sophie decision. How did the umpire was sure the fingers were under the ball?
— saisundar (@saisund33013985) March 5, 2023
You can't cheat then 🤪 dhoni will not enter ground .panth will not say come to pavilion. it will be not intresting 🤣🤪
— Santhosh (@Santhos64i) March 5, 2023
Delhi favorite to win against Bangalore in the Women's T20 League 2023
Meanwhile, talking about the game, the Red Brigade, Bangalore won the toss and elected to bowl first. However, the likes of skipper Meg Lanning and Shafali Varma made them pay for their decision. The duo put together 162 runs for the first wicket in 14.3 overs. Both scored a fifty each with Varma looking set to hit a hundred. However, she got out after scoring 84.
After they got out, the likes of Marizanne Kapp and Jemimah Rodrigues provided the finishing touches and helped the team reach 223/2. This is the highest total of the tournament after Mumbai scored 207/5 against Gujarat in the opening game of the tournament. In reply, after the good start from skipper Smriti Mandhana and Sophie Devine, the team has lost six wickets for 96 runs in 13 overs at the time of writing.