Indian match official again exposed after third umpire Srinivasan failed to detect spike. Cricket News – Times of India

Sharjah: The poor quality of Indian home umpires exposed after a TV official exposed Krishnamachari Srinivasan The latter failed to see a clear spike on the Drs Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman devdutt padikkal quietly Ravi Bishnoi delivery to Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul Behind the stumps in an IPL match on Sunday.
There were calls to “sack” him from former cricketers including Scott Styris and Krishnamachari Srikkanth, who termed the error as “unforgivable”.
The incident happened in the eighth over when Padikkal went for a reverse sweep and was trapped behind. On-field umpire KN Ananthapadmanabhan declared not out and it was passed to the third umpire.

While Snico showed a clear spike from the glove, Srinivasan, who looked edgy and less confident while taking the decision to smack, surprised everyone by calling it not out.
Padikkal was batting on 35 and added a total of five runs while Punjab lost by six runs.
An angry Rahul was seen talking to the umpire about how the spike was overlooked.
It can be said that Srinivasan’s decision may be important in the final context and it remains to be seen whether he gets any other assignment.
“Terrible umpiring, mistakes like this are unforgivable with so much technique and help,” Srikkanth tweeted.

“Sack the third umpire immediately. What a joke,” said Styris.

“How was he not out??,” thought Aakash Chopra.