{"id":22223,"date":"2025-04-19T23:13:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=589474"},"modified":"2025-04-19T23:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T17:43:43","slug":"rr-vs-lsg-umpires-change-ball-with-5-deliveries-left-avesh-khan-and-rishabh-pant-visibly-frustrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/rr-vs-lsg-umpires-change-ball-with-5-deliveries-left-avesh-khan-and-rishabh-pant-visibly-frustrated\/","title":{"rendered":"RR vs LSG: Umpires change ball with 5 deliveries left, Avesh Khan and Rishabh Pant visibly frustrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"242\" data-end=\"592\">In a tense moment during the final over of the IPL 2025 clash between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants, umpires intervened to change the match ball with just five deliveries remaining. RR needed eight runs off the last five balls when Avesh Khan, known for his reverse swing at the death, handed the ball to the umpire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"594\" data-end=\"854\">The ball was quickly swapped out, prompting clear frustration from captain Avesh Khan and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. Pant offered a wry smile, while Avesh appeared upset as the change could impact his ability to generate reverse swing in crucial final moments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"856\" data-end=\"1149\">The very previous ball saw Avesh deliver a pinpoint 139.8kph yorker to Dhruv Jurel, who could only manage a single. However, the sudden disruption left fans and players alike debating the timing of the decision, with many wondering whether the reverse swing threat had been deliberately nullified.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-108\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ad743ba5-fdbd-42d2-a82e-c0dbb60d0620\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"670\">With Rajasthan Royals needing just 8 runs off 5 balls, tensions were sky-high when the umpire called for a ball change. Avesh Khan, visibly surprised and frustrated, had been relying on reverse swing \u2014 a key weapon in the death overs. The abrupt ball swap disrupted the rhythm, leading both Avesh and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant to react with disbelief. Pant, trying to mask his irritation, flashed a wry smile while Avesh exchanged glances with the umpire. The decision to change the ball at such a crucial juncture \u2014 with 19.1 overs bowled and reverse swing in play \u2014 sparked immediate reactions from both players and fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a tense moment during the final over of the IPL 2025 clash between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22223","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=22223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}