Former Indian cricket player and well -known commentator, Navjot Singh Sidhu, made a shocking statement on Ishan Kishan’s strange dismissal during the 2025 IPL confrontation between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians on April 23 in Hyderabad.
Navjot Singh Sidhu indirectly accused the referee on the field fixing field during the Sunrisers Hyderabad against the Mumbai Indians compete on Wednesday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium. Ishan Kishan offered his counter mid after a single round.
The drama took place on the very first ball of the third during the Sunrisers Hyderabad rounds. Faced with Deepak Chahar, Ishan tried to lower the delivery of the length of the legs, but badly judged the line and failed to establish clean contact. The ball brushed something on the goalkeeper’s path.
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But what was shocking was that Ishan left the ground without waiting for the referee’s call, triggering a mixture of confusion and surprise through the ground. There was no call from Deepak Chahar, and neither the counter Ryan Rickelton did not appeal, but referee Vinod Seshan only raised his finger after a slight delay and a gesture of the Skipper of the Indians of Mumbai, Hardya.
Visuals have shown that even referee Vinod Seshan looked confused. He reported it for the first time as a wide ball, but quickly changed his mind and gave Ishan after seeing the SRH striker walks alone. Later, the reruns did not show any peak on Ultra Edge, which meant that there was no contact with the bat. Ishan was then seen frustrated in the locker room after looking at the images.
Navjot Singh Sidhu slams the referee after the shocking march of Ishan Kishan
Now, reacting to the whole drama, Navjot Singh Sidhu shared the images on his handful of social media X and took a excavation in his brand style on the way Ishan took trouble without even being pushed. Sidhu criticized the referee on the ground for his rare but bizarre decision without a single call from Fielding, the Indians of Mumbai, against the striker of SRH Ishan.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu wrote, X: “The purchase of problems is as simple as the pie, but the transport costs are quite high … Have you ever seen a referee reigning someone without appeal?”
The purchase of problems is as simple as the pie, but the transport costs are quite high … Have you ever seen a referee governing someone without appeal? pic.twitter.com/xhpg8mdb9r
– Navjot Singh Sidhu (@Sherryontopp) April 23, 2025
Virender Sehwag explodes Ishan Kishan for “Brain bland” walk-off in IPL 2025
On the other hand, Virender Sehwag criticized Ishan Kishan’s strange decision to leave. Sehwag was unleashed on the Indian ticket office for acting too quickly, calling him a full moment in the brain. The cricket expert said that Ishan Kishan was not there to do the referee’s work.
Sehwag noted that if Ishan Kishan had waited, the MI would have taken the exam, and that would have erased him. Ishan’s dismissal added to his difficulties in IPL 2025 in progress. After starting the season with a brilliant century against the Royals of Rajasthan, the left -handed striker only succeeded 33 points in his next seven -rounds on average only 5.5.
In particular, the Indians of Mumbai jumped in third place with a victory with seven golets against Sunrisers Hyderabad during the last IPL 2025 confrontation. It was the fourth consecutive victory of Mi, while SRH remained in ninth place with only two victories of their eight games so far in the tournament.