{"id":10387,"date":"2025-12-19T19:35:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=673358"},"modified":"2025-12-19T19:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T14:05:54","slug":"ind-vs-sa-5th-t20i-umpire-gives-abhishek-sharma-out-despite-no-appeal-decision-sparks-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-sa-5th-t20i-umpire-gives-abhishek-sharma-out-despite-no-appeal-decision-sparks-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs SA 5th T20I: Umpire gives Abhishek Sharma out despite no appeal, decision sparks debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"482\">A controversial dismissal brought Abhishek Sharma\u2019s innings to an end during the fifth T20I between India and South Africa, triggering debate after the on-field umpire raised his finger <strong data-start=\"437\" data-end=\"481\">despite no appeal from the fielding side<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"788\">Abhishek was given out caught behind off Corbin Bosch after scoring <strong data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"571\">34 off 21 balls<\/strong>, which included six fours and one six. The dismissal surprised many as there was <strong data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"726\">no immediate appeal from either Bosch or wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock<\/strong>, yet umpire Virender Sharma adjudged Abhishek out in a flash.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"1110\">India immediately opted for a review. Replays showed the ball passing close to the bat, and UltraEdge later revealed a <strong data-start=\"909\" data-end=\"924\">small spike<\/strong>, suggesting faint contact. While South Africa began celebrating after the spike appeared, the third umpire requested another angle before eventually <strong data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1109\">upholding the on-field decision<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1431\">The lack of an appeal, however, became the main talking point, with questions raised over why the umpire made the decision without a formal claim from the fielding side. Under the laws of cricket, umpires are permitted to give a batter out even without an appeal, but such instances remain rare and often controversial.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1559\">Despite the debate, Abhishek\u2019s dismissal stood, ending a promising knock that had given India early momentum in the powerplay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A controversial dismissal brought Abhishek Sharma\u2019s innings to an end during the fifth T20I between India and South Africa, triggering\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}