'What A Mess': Fans Blast Shubman Gill For Abusing Umpire

Young batsman Shubman Gill, on Friday, landed in a big controversy after he got his dismissal overturned in the Ranji Trophy clash between Punjab and Delhi. Furious with the umpire’s call, Shubman Gill walked up to him and had a heated discussion before the official, who was making his debut, overturned his decision.

According to reports, Shubman Gill also abused the umpire. The unexpected turn of events led to stoppage of play for around 10 minutes. The right-handed batsman refused to leave the crease after he was adjudged caught-behind by slow-medium bowler Subodh Bhati.

And when the umpire overturned his decision, Delhi players were taken aback by it and unsurprisingly questioned him for the same. Things eventually came under control when the match referee intervened. Shubman Gill,who was batting on 10 when the controversy took place, didn’t last long as he edged one off Simarjeet Singh to Anuj Rawat for 23 off 41 balls.

“The straight umpire (Mohammed Rafi) had adjudged Shubman caught behind and the batsman then walked up to the umpire and was seen having an argument asking him to reverse his decision. The straight umpire then consulted the square-leg umpire (Paschim Pathak) and reversed his decision,” said Delhi team manager Vivek Khurana.

There were also reports suggesting that Delhi players had walked off the field after Gill was reinstated. However, Khurana denied it, saying:

“Our skipper (Nitish) Rana just asked the umpires as to why they overturned the initial decision. We never walked out. The match referee (Ranganathan) came in and play resumed as usual.”

Fans react to the controversy:

Meanwhile, the fans were not at all impressed with what Shubman Gill did on the field on Friday. As soon as the incident took place, a number of fans took to Twitter to criticise the youngster and told him to focus more on playing the game.

Here are some of the reactions:

Heard Shubman Gill Abused umpire and refused to walk off as well ?.Virat was right when he told that he we was not even 10% of what this guy is at his age.#RanjiTrophy #PUNvDL

— Mohit Sharma (@ImMohit13_) January 3, 2020

https://twitter.com/imShubhamA/status/1213031184705282048

Shubman Gill should keep his calm on the pitch! He's still young, you've to play with the sportsmanship spirit on! You can't go vs the umpire just because you didn't like the decision. Many greats also given out on wrong decision but they simply decided to walk with a smile on.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 3, 2020

Oh my god! What a mess feom Shubman Gill. Hardly the way to make a case for national selection. https://t.co/aG332WG3Yr

— Ramakrishnan G (@fullyarbit) January 3, 2020

Attitude BC?

Next Sachin,next virat????
But definitely he is next manish Pandey ?#ShubmanGill #RanjiTrophy #PUNvDEL https://t.co/Y4nVYDpgTZ

— Kiran (@half_seas_over_) January 3, 2020

Hope Shubman Gill is reprimanded #RanjiTrophy https://t.co/klP0bp0sNs

— Abhimanyu Sen (@abhimanyusen) January 3, 2020

https://twitter.com/IManish311/status/1212977777328017408