Pant came under the pump when he argued with the umpire over a DRS call vs LSG, take a look at the top controversies related to Rishabh Pant.
Rishabh Pant controversies: Recently, Rishabh Pant came under the pump when he argued with the umpire over a DRS call against LSG. Although he is usually calm by nature and a disciplined captain on the field. But sometimes his anger comes out on camera. As there are few controversies that surround him. Let’s have a look at the top IPL on-field controversies related to Rishabh Pant.
Rishabh pant goes up all against umpire Nitin Menon and Nikhil Patwardhan
After a swashbuckling innings from Jos Buttler, he scored 116 runs off 66 balls. RR registered 222 runs in 20 overs against the Delhi Capitals at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in IPL 2022 league game. When DC came to bat and required 36 runs in the last over, all-rounder Rowan Powell smashed two balls out of the park.
On the third ball, he again hit a full toss for a six, which, according to DC team management, was a no-ball.
But it was not signaled a no-ball by the on-field umpires, Nitin Menon and Nikhil Patwardhan, and they did not even refer to the third umpire. Then Pant threatened to forfeit the match and asked both Powell and Kuldeep Yadav to come out of the field.
Confusion led to heated conversation in LSG vs DC clash
During the LSG vs DC in IPL 2024 game, Pant engaged in a lengthy conversation with umpire Rohan Pandit. As he didn’t review, but the umpire felt he did. Not only that, before that long conversation. He also got recorded on stump mic as he was saying, ‘Ump, I did not review that. All this confusion led to the heated conversation with the umpire.
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