Anger erupts during RR vs DC IPL 2024 match, Ricky Ponting quarrels with the umpire until Sourav Ganguly steps in.

Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly both lost their cool during the RR versus DC IPL 2024 match Friday evening, when uncertainty reigned supreme.

When it comes to the Indian Premier League, emotions are likely to flow.Last year, it was Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli, but this year it appears to have grabbed the Delhi Capitals camp as early as the first week.How else would you explain the events that occurred in the Capitals camp immediately before the second innings of the match versus RR began?Tempers flew as head coach Ricky Ponting, team director Sourav Ganguly  got involved in a heated exchange with the reserve official – also known as the fourth umpire. All over a topic which wasn’t even an issue in the first place.

Jos Buttler, Trent Boult and Shimron Hetmyer as the three overseas players in their XI. However, shortly after Hetmyer went off and on came Nandre Burger as the Impact Player, RR substituted Shubham Dubey with Rovmen powell making it four overseas players for the Royals on the field. This did not go down too well with Ponting, as he made his feelings vocal. Ponting’s point was simple. When the Royals started with 3 overseas players, how could they field four?

It all started when RR captain Sanju Samson was seen calling Powell into the field after the second ball of the first over. Ponting, who was sitting in the dugout, immediately took note of this and started to fling his arms up in the air before going to the boundary line and having an animated chat with the fourth umpire.

Papers were rolled out as the official tried to make Ponting go through the rules as he seemingly explained the situation to the DC head coach. As Ponting sat in the dugout trying his best to be patient with the matter, director Ganguly, sitting in the row behind, jumped in and had a word or two of his own with the official. Ponting and Ganguly… sharing the same thoughts and advocating together for a common cause. Who would have thought, eh?

But that’s the beauty of the IPL. After a lot of back-and-forth conversation, the debate was put to rest, with Ponting, Ganguly and DC realising there was nothing wrong with RR’s tactics.

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