Umpires IPL 2018
The umpires during the IPL 2018 had made blunders. Image Courtesy: BCCI
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Seven-ball over

Ben Laughlin IPL 2018
Ben Laughlin bowled a seven-ball over against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Image Courtesy: BCCI

A group match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket saw a rare howler considering high-level technologies in the modern generation.

We witnessed not six but seven balls getting bowled in the 12th over of Hyderabad’s innings. The umpire in question was an international one though in the form of Nigel Llong.

Ben Laughlin bowled three deliveries to SRH skipper Kane Williamson before delivering four deliveries more to Shikhar Dhawan. It is surely the rarest blunder at the highest level.

TV umpire Nandan wasn’t aware of the occurrence. However, several online scoreboards gave details of the seven balls over.

“This is a rare mistake. Or else an injury break could also see the umpires losing the count. But these are always correct,” a source was quoted as saying by the Times of India.

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arya chakraborty

A Cricket Freak and a Music Lover. Hearing the name of Sachin Tendulkar still gives him goosebumps and listening to Arjit Singh songs keeps him in the right space. Loves Revolving his life around cricket...

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