Twitter reacts as umpire hides the ball in his pocket

BySoumil Khare, SportsCafe Editor

04/24/2019

A very bizarre incident took place during the match between RCB and KXIP. After the strategic timeout, Ankit Rajpoot asked the umpires for the ball and the umpires had no clue where the ball was. AB de Villiers couldn't stop himself from laughing as everyone was searching for the ball.

Parthiv Patel at his best!

Parthiv Patel has scored 18 runs in an over twice this season.

None of AB or Kohli has scored that many in any over yet.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)

Everyone was searching for the ball!

Ball missing after strategic timeout
— Santhosh Udupa (@udupa_tuttu)

LoL!

With Gayle, Rahul, Mayank, Mandeep & Sarfaraz playing for Punjab, is basically an alumni reunion.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats)

Parthiv has been consistent this season!

Even Kohli and ABD have blown hot and cold this season,but only Parthiv has been one consistent performer for RCB this season.
— Udit (@udit_buch)

And Parthiv Patel made it to the list!

Highest individual scores during Powerplay in by Indians

48* - Shikhar Dhawan

43* - Parthiv Patel

40* - Ajinkya Rahane
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)

When Top 5 of KXIP are from RCB!

RCB A Vs RCB B. Whatever happens, RCB wins tonight 🤘🏼
— Danish Sait (@DanishSait)

Rare sight!

it's hilarious to watch Ashwin do athlete things, like running/fielding and attempting a celebration.
— Anirban Mukherjee (@imonirban)

Nehra Ji must be very happy!

Nehra might b feeling happy coz he doesnt need to stand at d boundary line nd perform all sorts of hand,facial movements to defend a huge total coz d total isn't going to b huge🤣🤣
— Sultan Fheroz (@ifheroz)

When none of the batsmen are following the batting tips given by Nehraji to them.
— Rohit.Pandey (@rohitPandeyy)

Hahahahaha!!

Ball is missing 😂😂

Check the umpires pockets!!
— Chandler Stark Kings (@SarcasmChamp)

Most valuable player for RCB so far!

Parthiv Patel in this season..
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB)

This edition of IPL has seen some low moments... but nothing like losing track of ball between overs!!
— Vicky rangeR (@BbinRanger)

Where did the ball go?

So some how the game ball vanished after the time out ?? ( local cricket ) 🤣
— Adi ツ (@Aditya_Kat0ch)

When ABD is on crease!

Ball is afraid of getting smacked by AB. Hence, hiding.
— 🏏Tanmay (@fast_hostile)

Gully cricket at its best!

Ball lost! 😂😂😂😂
— Naveen Bagga (@naveenbagga1)

How is it even possible!

So the ball itself gets disappeared 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
— Saiyan World (@db_hindi)

And the Umpire forgot after keeping it in his pocket!

Umpire has the ball in his pocket and he forgot. ROFL. How can you? 😂😂
— Bidhan Majhi (@bidhan_16)