Chennai Tremendous Kings took a brand new ball within the 2nd over whereas bowling in opposition to the Gujarat Titans of their IPL 2024 match on the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.
Deepak Chahar bowled the primary over of the innings, conceding seven runs. Nevertheless, there was an interruption in play earlier than the second over of the innings with M.S. Dhoni concerned in a dialogue with the umpires.
A brand new ball as introduced onto the sector following which the play resumed for the second over, bowled by Mustafizur Rahman. The explanation for the change in ball was not sure.
Dhoni, nevertheless, on his means again to the mark gestured to the fourth umpire that the ball was swerving within the air resulting from uneven seam.
The change of the ball was inside the legal guidelines of the sport. In keeping with Regulation 4.5 of the MCC, “If, throughout play, the ball can’t be discovered or recovered or the umpires agree that it has change into unfit for play by regular use, the umpires shall change it with a ball which has had put on comparable with that which the earlier ball had acquired earlier than the necessity for its substitute. When the ball is changed, the umpire shall inform the batters and the fielding captain.”