Mumbai batters Ajinkya Rahane and Shreyas Iyer were seen arguing with a manner onfield umpire on January 24, after Iyer was given out controversially during the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 match against Jammu & Kashmir.
The 30-year-old batter was at the crease on 16 runs from 15 balls when the second ball of the 22nd over, he was caught behind wickets by Kanhaiya Wadhawan in Auqib’s bowling.
The argument was related to clean catch and Mumbai skipper Rahane was not pleased with the umpire’s decision. The video of the exchange with the on-field umpires along with Iyer has gone viral on the internet.
In the second innings of the match, Iyer smashed 04 fours scored 17 runs from 16 balls. In the end, Iyer batted for another 11 balls, before nicking Auqib Nabi through to Wadhawan.
Once again, the umpire did not raise the finger immediately, instead waiting a couple of seconds to ensure that the catch had been taken cleanly behind the stumps.
Iyer as he had previously did not leviate until the umpires conferred eventually gave him the signal to return to the dressing room. The left Mumbai at 86-4 and Shivam Dube went four balls later to reduce them to 86-5 at lunch, with the scores level.
Mumbai faced off Jammu & Kashmir at the Bandra-Kurla complex in Mumbai. They chose to bat first, but were bowled out 120 despite welcoming back India internationals Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma into the top of the order needing a half-century from Shardul Thakur to rescue the innings.
J&K managed to take an 86-run lead eventually being bowled out on day two. Meanwhile Shubham Khajuria top-scored with 53 and Abid Mushtaq hit a brisk from No.7.
Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma started well on day two putting on 54-Mumbai lost three wickets for three runs in three overs, bringing Shreyas Iyer to the crease at the end of the 16th over.
