Shane Watson: It is very disappointing what happened in that last over

For a moment it felt as if Delhi Capitalsrsquo cricketers had turned footballers as they surrounded and put relentless pressure on onfield umpires Nitin Menon and Nikhil Patwardhan to refer their decision to the third umpireCaptain Rishabh Pant Shardul Thakur and others in the DC dugout were convinced that Rajasthan Royals pacer Obed McCoy had bowled an abovethewaist full toss When the umpires didnrsquot budge Pant threatened to call back Rovman Powell 36 off 15 balls and Kuldeep Yadav who had yet to open his account a la gully cricket scenarioWhile DC assistant coach Shane Watson had a chat with his skipper Pant sent assistant coach Pravin Amre on the field to persuade the umpires to refer to the third umpireA screengrab of the controversial ball that Rovman Powell smashed for a sixFrom longon Jos Buttler who had earlier struck his third century of the season went to the DC dugout to speak to Pant clearly unhappy with the ugly scenes panning out at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday night RR leggie Yuzvendra Chahal was seen indulging in banter with his India spin partner Kuldeep but it didnrsquot have any impact on the situation The controversy had already eruptedThe ruleThere was no question of the onfield umpires referring their decision to the third umpire as it can be reviewed only if a wicket had fallenShane WatsonDelhi Capitals did remarkably to come close 2078 to Rajasthan Royalsrsquo record 2222 total despite no major contributions from their top guns apart from Buttler DC eventually fell short by 15 runsldquoIt is very disappointing what happened in that last over In the end the one thing at Delhi Capitals you donrsquot stand for is what happened The umpiresrsquo decision whether itrsquos right or wrong we have to accept it Someone running onto the field we canrsquot accept Itrsquos not good enoughrdquo Watson said at the postmatch virtual press conferencePowell looked on course to create history when he slammed three consecutive sixes off McCoy in the final over in which DC needed 36 to winThe West Indian ensured the spectators some of whom had dispersed after RR were almost ensured of a win thanks to a wicketmaiden penultimate over from Prasidh Krishna stayed at the groundChants of lsquoRovman Rovmanrsquo turned into lsquocheater cheaterrsquo by the time the fourth ball off the final over was bowled The umpirersquos decision clearly did not go down well with the crowdIt was a noball asserts PantldquoEveryone on the ground saw it I think the third umpire should have interfered and said that it was a noball but I canrsquot change the rule myselfrdquo Pant said at the postmatch presentationPlay was stopped for over five minutes Upon resumption McCoy delivered a dot ball conceded two runs on the fifth ball and claimed Powellrsquos wicket on the final ballldquoThere is no question when there is a big stoppage in play like thathellipit can change the momentum It gave McCoy a little bit of time to regroup as well That stoppage did play into Rajasthan Royalsrsquo hands It was an unfortunate stoppagerdquo Watson saidThe gesticulations did not end there as Pant Thakur and Khaleel Ahmed were seen arguing with the umpires after the match too and reasoning with RR players lsquoHave to accept itrsquoWhen asked whether he supported Pantrsquos decision to call back the batters Watson said ldquoIn the end you have to support the umpirersquos decision whether it is a good one or a notsogood one We just have to get on with the game and thatrsquos the thing I was communicating at that moment We were always taught that you have to accept the umpirersquos decision and thatrsquos what we should have donerdquo he saidPant too regretted sending Amre on the field ldquoObviously it wasnrsquot right but what happened wasnrsquot also right It was in the heat of the momentrdquoThat was probably just like Friday night latePant Thakur handed heavy fines Amre gets onematch banCaptain Rishabh Pant was on Saturday fined 100 per cent of his match fee while assistant coach Pravin Amre was handed a onematch ban for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during Delhi Capitalsrsquo 15run loss to Rajasthan Royals Besides the onematch ban Amre was also fined his entire match fees while DC pacer Shardul Thakur too has been penalised 50 per cent of his matchfees IPL said in a releasePant admitted to the ldquoLevel 2 offencerdquo under Article 27 of the IPL Code of Conduct and ldquoaccepted the sanctionrdquoThakur also accepted the sanction Amre too ldquoadmitted to the Level 2 offence under Article 22 of the IPL Code of Conductrdquo