IPL Controversies: IPL is the biggest cricket league in the world, so even a small dispute becomes a big issue here. The IPL 2026 season has been in the news especially due to poor umpiring decisions. Recently, Jason Holder took the catch of Rajat Patidar, but even though the ball touched the ground, Patidar was declared out. This season, five such decisions of the umpires have become the cause of major controversy.

Controversy over Angkrish Raghuvanshi’s run out

The rule of ‘Obstructing the Field’ came into discussion when Angkrish Raghuvanshi was run out in the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders. Mohammed Shami threw, but the ball hit Raghuvanshi even before it hit the stumps. The third umpire considered it ‘obstructing the field’ and declared Raghuvanshi out. There was a lot of uproar over this, but MCC justified the decision of the umpires in this matter and said that Raghuvanshi’s change of direction while running back was wrong.

Controversial catch of Jason Holder

Rajat Patidar hit an aerial shot in the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans. Jason Holder took the catch by diving while running, but in the video replay it appeared as if the ball was touching the grass. Even when Holder was standing on his feet, he kept the ball completely on the ground. Despite this, Patidar had to get out and leave the field.

Digvesh Rathi’s foot touched the boundary

When Kolkata and Lucknow came face to face for the first time this season, Finn Allen’s wicket became a cause of controversy. Allen had hit an aerial shot on the ball of Prince Yadav, where Digvesh Rathi standing at the boundary took the catch. When different angles were shown in the replays, Digvesh Rathi’s foot was clearly touching the boundary cushion. Despite this, the umpires declared Finn Allen out.

No one saw the no-ball

Ground umpire may sometimes make mistakes, but it is the job of the TV umpire to correct them. In the match between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, fast bowler Arshad Khan had bowled a huge no-ball. Jamie Overton had hit a four on this ball. When the replays were shown it was revealed that it was a no-ball. The surprising thing was that neither the ground umpire nor the third umpire paid attention to this.

Was Heinrich Klaasen not out?

The first match of IPL 2026, in which RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad clashed. Klaasen made an aerial shot, while Phil Salt completed the catch near the boundary, but the replay clearly showed that Salt’s foot was touching the boundary cushion. The umpire should have called it a six, but it did not happen.

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Phil Salt Catches, IPL 2026 1st Match: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star batsman Phil Salt stole the show by taking not one but two brilliant catches in the first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2026. Believe me, Salt had become a super man to catch the catch of Hyderabad captain Ishan Kishan. Both the catches of Salt were worth watching.

Heinrich Klaasen’s catch was taken first

Romario Shepherd brought the 14th over for RCB in the first innings of the match. On the very first ball of Shepherd, Klaasen hit a shot towards mid-wicket. Seeing Klaasen’s shot, it seemed for a moment that it would become a six, but Salt did an amazing job by catching the ball going outside the boundary line and completed the catch and sent Klaasen to the pavilion.

Picking up where he left off…

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However, Salt’s catch also came under question. The third umpire checked the catch, but the decision came in his favor. Ultimately the umpire declared the catch clean and declared Klaasen out. Klaas played an innings of 31 runs in 22 balls. He was the third batsman to score the most runs in the innings for the team.

Ishan Kishan became a super man to catch, caught with one hand

After this, Salt transformed himself into a super man to catch Ishan Kishan on the last ball of the 16th over. Ishaan tried to play a shot towards point on Abhinandan’s ball. Seeing the ball in the air, Salt ran and took a catch with one hand, which became a contender for ‘Catch of the Tournament’.

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— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) March 28, 2026

Ishaan played a brilliant inning for the team and scored 80 runs in 38 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes, with which he was the highest run scorer. Due to Ishaan’s innings, the team put a total of more than 200 runs on the board.

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Phil salt catch video: In the final of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore set a target of 191 runs in front of Punjab Kings. When the Punjab team came out to chase the target, Priyansh Arya and Prabhasimran Singh gave him a quick start. Meanwhile, Priyansh was dismissed for playing aerial shot. Phil Salat caught her tremendous catch, whose video is becoming fiercely viral on social media.

Chasing the target of 191 runs, Punjab Kings scored 32 runs in 4 overs without losing wickets. Josh Hazlewood came to for the fifth over, with 11 runs off the first 5 balls. Priyansh Arya turned the bat on the last ball of the over, but the shot timing was not good. At one time, the ball was seen going on six, but then Phil Salat caught Priyansh on a score of 24 by catching a wonderful catch.

Phil Salat had bounced the ball in the air before setting foot inside the boundary. Such catches are especially seen in T20 matches. Since Punjab was scoring very fast, after this catch of Salt, the run rate of Punjab had to be controlled to a great extent.

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Phil salt with a clutch grab under pressure

Was that the game-defining catch?

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Phil Salat could not show anything special with the bat in the final match. He had an opening for RCB with Virat Kohli, but was dismissed for just 16 runs in 9 balls. But after catching Priyansh Arya, he looted the festival.

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