WPL controversy: Run outs or not – what does rule say? LED stumps lead to confusion in DC’s win against MI | Cricket News
The television umpire for the second Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 match had to make some really tight calls on run out appeals from Mumbai Indians, and all three of those went in favour of Delhi Capitals on a dramatic night in Vadodara. Opting to bowl, DC bundled out MI for 164 in 19.1 overs. In the run-chase, Arundhati Reddy (2 not out) took the two required runs off the final ball to seal the win. But in the moments leading up to that finish, there were controversial moments involving TV Umpire Gayathri Venugopalan, who was called into action for three run out calls. First, it was Shikha Pandey in the 18th over. Second, it was Radha Yadav in the 19th over. And finally, it was Arundhati Reddy in the last over off the last ball. On all three occasions, multiple replays were asked for by the umpire, who carefully studied the frames, but seemed to interpret that the lighting of the stumps didn’t matter for considering when the stumps were broken. #WPL2025 In a …
