'Drs bhi Ambani ka hai' - Fans react as Mumbai opener Hayley Matthews gets second life after third umpire overturns a shocking DRS call in WTL

(Source - Twitter)

The encounter between Mumbai and UP in the ongoing Women's T20 League on Sunday night witnessed some strange drama on the field. The technology-involved controversial incident happened when Hayley Matthews was given out by the third umpire while Mumbai were chasing down a target of 160 runs. However, the decision was later overturned and the Mumbai opener returned to the middle, but it certainly upset her and left cricket fans confused.

The freak incident took place when West Indies all-rounder Matthews was on strike in the fifth over of the innings. Sophie Ecclestone bowled the fifth bowl of the over and appealed for an LBW. On-field umpire Paschim Pathak gave it not out, but the decision was reviewed by UP, which was then given out by the third umpire. Matthews was seen upset after seeing the ball hit the pad and three reds for ball tracking on replay. Before she decided to walk off, she had a small chat with the opponent captain Alyssa Healy.

A second life for Hayley Matthews

However, no one would have thought that this was just the beginning of a drama as we all witnessed something never seen before in the history of cricket. The third umpire's DRS decision was challenged once again. It wasn’t challenged by the Mumbai batter, but was asked by the on-field umpires to re-check as they were not convinced with the original DRS decision.

Initially, the third umpire showed another part of the replay which showed the ball hitting the boot first. However, the second time replay was shown correctly and made the umpire to realize his mistake and overturn his decision. Eventually, Matthews was declared not out but the all-rounder could not capitalize on her second life as she was dismissed by the same bowler for 12 off 17 balls.

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur's brilliant half-century (53* off 33) and superb knocks from opener Yastika Bhatia (42 off 27) and Nat Sciver-Brunt (45* off 31) handed Mumbai their fifth straight win. Earlier, UP scored 159 runs on the back of half-centuries from captain Healy (58 off 46) and Tahlia McGrath (50 off 37). Saika Ishaque once again shined with the ball for Mumbai, taking three wickets in four overs. Amelia Kerr took two wickets and Matthews one wicket each.

This is how Twitter reacted to the bizarre DRS call:

@BCCI @IPL @ICC should take action against the technical guy/team handling this. this shows the technical team can change anything which is shown on screen when reviewed and can easily change course of any match.

— Bramhagyaani (@bramhagyaani) March 12, 2023

Well Done Ambani

— NithisH (@stan_Mukesh) March 12, 2023

3rd umpire☕☕☕☕

— Johnmuffa (@ictblood) March 12, 2023

Hahah how can DRS decision was challenged. What Law says?

— Prabhat Singh ❁ (@iampbdawn) March 12, 2023

3rd umpire is a joke

— sAcHiN (@kumarsachin45) March 12, 2023

We need Hotspot Technology

— Ｓｈａｓｈａｎｋ❁ (@DevilNotFound9) March 12, 2023

WPL is a comedy.

— CS - Cutty Sark (@AJLP78) March 12, 2023

😭can it be possible to that 3rd umpire overturn his own decision?? After giving a decision by him?

— Aditya 07 (@ImAditya07here) March 12, 2023

Ambani Paisa Diya hai umpire ko

— ಸಂಗಮೇಶ ಬಿರಾದಾರ (@Sangmes49549432) March 12, 2023

Drs bhi Ambani ka hai 😀

— Sandeep Prince (@Sandeepp190) March 12, 2023