No green ball, Surya on the bench… 3 matches-4 big controversies! Congratulations, IPL has started

When Rahane was asked a question in the post-match conference on not giving even a single over to Cameron Green, he smiled and said – Cricket Australia should be asked this. After this Rahane handled the matter and said that Green would start bowling soon, but by then the matter had gone out of hand.

After this, Cricket Australia issued a statement saying that Cameron has a lower back injury, hence he will stay away from bowling for some time. Green was away from bowling for 12 months from 2024 to 2025. According to Cricket Australia, KKR was already informed about this.

Cricket Australia scolds Rahane for Green's comment about not bowling

Mumbai Indians had an important match with KKR, but Surya Kumar Yadav was not kept in the playing eleven, he was made an impact player. The fans were also surprised to see this. No one could agree to make a player who made India win the T20 World Cup an Impact Sub.

The controversy grew so much that Mumbai head coach Mahela Jayawardene had to give clarification on this. He told that Surya had some groin problem, he was fielding, but the match wanted him to get some extra time, because Surya Kumar Yadav is very important for the entire season. After this, Mumbai Indians Management also issued a statement and said that this was a strategic decision. Our camp is very positive.

This happened in the very first match of IPL. Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 126 runs at the loss of 3 wickets, the run rate was going well. Meanwhile, Klaasen hit a big shot on the ball of Ramario Shepherd. Phil Salt took a brilliant catch near the boundary.

The third umpire gave Klaasen out, it was revealed in the camera that his foot did not touch the boundary cushion. Later another camera angle surfaced, in which the cushion was seen moving, but the umpire did not see it. Experts called it a loss for Sunrisers Hyderabad and it proved to be so. Of course the score was more than 200 runs, but RCB chased it in the 16th over itself. If Klaasen had stayed at the crease for a little longer, the story could have been different.

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In the match between Mumbai Indians and KKR, the toss was not visible on the camera, due to which questions were raised. Actually Pandya tossed the coin, Rahane called, but the camera went away from there. No one saw which way the coin fell. The match referee declared MI the winner and Hardik chose to bowl. Mumbai also defeated KKR easily. However, questions were raised on social media that why does this happen again and again in MI matches?