'You got to accept umpire’s decision' - Shane Watson unhappy with 'No-ball’ Controversy

The clash between Rajasthan and Delhi on Friday was entertaining, to say the least. However, a rather exciting game was disrupted due to a controversy during the final over of the game. It saw Delhi's skipper Rishabh Pant lose his cool as well.

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During the 20th over of the second innings, the Delhi-based franchise required 36 runs to win. Rovman Powell struck three sixes in three balls, and kept the hopes alive for the Pant-led side. However, the third ball saw a potential waist-high no-ball bowled by pacer Obed McCoy. Yet, the umpire felt otherwise.

The umpire felt that it was a legitimate delivery and thus, didn't call it a no-ball. This didn't sit well with Pant as he called the batters back from the field. He wanted the third umpire to refer the decision. As this didn't happen, he was seemingly not happy with the same. As a matter of fact, he even sent Pravin Amre to speak to the umpires.

However, Delhi's assistant coach Shane Watson wasn't really a fan of what Pant did. He stated that the things that transpired at that time were "unfortunate". While saying that they have to accept the umpire's decision whether it's right or wrong, he said that the Delhi-based franchise doesn't stand for what happened during the last over of the game against Rajasthan.

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"It was very disappointing what happened in that last over. Unfortunately, we were in that position in the game where we were not able to put things together long enough throughout that game. And look, in the end, what we at Delhi don’t stand for is what happened. The umpire’s decision whether it’s right or wrong, we have to accept. And someone running on the field is we can’t accept and well it’s not good enough,” said Shane Watson, as quoted by Cricbuzz.

“In the end, the thing is you’ve got to accept the umpire’s decision whether it’s a good one or a not-so-good one. So, in the end we’ve just got to get on with the game. And that’s the thing I was communicating at that point in time as well. To just make sure we get on with the game, whether we agree with a decision or not. Always taught as youngsters that you’ve got to accept the umpire’s decision and that’s what we should have done,” he added

At the end, they carried on with the game. However, Powell then only scored two runs off the last three balls, and got out on the final delivery. Thus, Rajasthan ended up beating Delhi by 15 runs.