Follow UsA bizarre and controversial incident occurred during the match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on May 3 when CSK batter Dewald Brevis wasn’t allowed to take a DRS review due to the stipulated time running out for taking the review after he was given out LBW by the on-field umpire Nitin Menon.
Proteas pacer Lungi Ngidi bowled a rank full toss to his countryman on the first ball after dismissing Ayush Mhatre on the previous one, and Brevis missed it completely as the ball rapped him on the pads. Umpire Menon did not take a second to raise his finger as Brevis was given out LBW.
After a slight delay where the batters were completing a run and discussing the dismissal, Brevis decided to go up for the review, and that’s where the controversy erupted as the umpires DID NOT allow the CSK batter to go for the review as they claimed that he had run out of time.
What made things bizarre was that there was no timer shown on the screen. There have been previous instances of teams running out of time, but this was a freak incident where there was no timer shown on-screen (or on the big screen) to validate the umpires’ decision.
Both Jadeja and Brevis were baffled by the call and argued with the on-field umpires, but Brevis was eventually sent back and asked to leave.
Speaking on the incident in the post-match press conference, Stephen Fleming highlighted the complications involved in the decision and underlined it as ‘a big moment in a big game’.
"Yeah, it was a big moment," Stephen Fleming, the CSK coach, said after the game.
"In talking to Jaddu [Jadeja] and Brevis, there was a lot going on with running straight away. I think they saw the ball ricochet and actually went to the boundary for four. And lost in that was whether Brevis took the review in time. I don't know the answer to that. He wasn't sure, given that they were running at the time.
"As soon as you're given out, I understand the timer starts. There was a fair bit eaten up with the play still being completed, and whether they just ran out of time... in the umpire's view, it did. The other part about it, because he was given out, we wouldn't have got the runs. While we would have maintained the wicket, it certainly wouldn't have given us the five runs, which would have been nice.
"But it's a big moment in a big game. There were twists and turns all the way through."
The decision was given as per the IPL 2025 playing conditions which states that the, "The total time elapsed between the ball becoming dead and the review request being made shall be no more than 15 seconds. If the on-field umpires believe that a request has not been made within the 15-second time limit, they shall decline the request for a player review."
What's curious about this incident is that a similar process wasn't followed a couple of nights ago where he umpires allowed Rohit Sharma and Mumbai Indians (MI) to go up for a review even though the timer had run out.
Later, after Brevis returned to the dugout, the ball-tracking showed umpires call on impact and would have gone on to miss the stumps.