DRS controversy in WPL 2024: Chamari Athapaththu’s dismissal leaves UP Warriorz shocked

The second edition of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) has created a lot of buzz with matches being played in Bengaluru and Delhi this year.

The Bengaluru leg concluded on Monday (March 4) with the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and UP Warriorz (UP) even as a massive controversy sparked during the chase with Chamari Athpaththu given out via DRS.

The incident happened in the seventh over of the innings when UP Warriorz were well placed in the chase. Athapaththu missed a sweep shot off Georgia Wareham only for the ball to hit the pads.

The umpire Vrinda Rathi turned down the lbw appeal and Smriti Mandhana sent the matter upstairs. To the naked eye, the ball seemed to be missing the stumps clearly after pitching on leg stump.

However, the ball tracking projected the ball to be hitting the middle stump and the umpire had to reverse her decision much to the delight of the RCB players and the fans.

Alyssa Healy, the UPW captain was standing at the other end, and she was in disbelief alongside Chamari and was seen telling the umpire, ” No way.” No doubt the UP Warriorz coach John Lewis was not happy with the dismissal which also proved to be the turning point of the match and didn’t