IPL 2024: Ganguly and Ponting started quarreling with the umpire in the ongoing match, controversy increased due to this rule

Viral video of Ricky Ponting angry with umpire: The 9th league match of IPL 2024 was being played in Jaipur. Delhi Capitals was facing Rajasthan Royals. In this match, Delhi team won the toss and bowled. Rajasthan scored 185 runs on the basis of Riyan Parag's innings of 84 runs. Then when the Delhi team came out to bat, there was an uproar on the field after just two balls. As soon as Rovman Powell came on the field, Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting and team director Sourav Ganguly shouted together that something wrong was happening on the field.

Ponting and Ganguly argued with the umpire in the live match

There was an argument near the dugout between Ricky Ponting and the fourth umpire and the match was abandoned. Nandre Berger was named as the impact player in place of Shimron Hetmyer for Rajasthan Royals, but Delhi Capitals coach Rovman Powell looked unhappy with him fielding the right fielder as Rovman Powell was part of the playing eleven. He was not there and as an influential player, Rajasthan Royals included fast bowler Nandre Berger in the playing eleven in place of Hetmyer before the start of the second innings.

This reason for the dispute came to light

However, both Ricky Ponting and Ganguly failed to get the impact players rule right as Rajasthan Royals included only three overseas players in their playing eleven. Despite this, Ponting and Ganguly believed that Powell had come in as the fifth overseas player, but Hetmyer was replaced by Andre Berger at the start of the innings. This meant that only four foreign players were on the field, including Powell. The support staff members of Delhi Capitals appeared to fail to understand this rule.

Fourth umpire gave clarification

Rajasthan Royals kept Rovman Powell as a substitute fielder only for a short period of time. Delhi raised questions on this. At the same time, the fourth umpire brought the team sheet after some time and explained why Rajasthan Royals finally fielded Powell. There were only four foreign players on the field including Powell as apart from him, influential foreign players Andre Berger, opener Jos Buttler and fast bowler Trent Boult were on the field.