Controversial one short call- Third man's view

Punjab vs Delhi , match 2, one short call by umpire

 Viewers, as we discussed upon the exciting super over finish, we missed out to touch upon the controversial one short call by the umpire during the 18th over of Punjab Chase while Jordan was at the recieving end of the bad decision, which Probably cost them the match as per Preethi Zinda/Kings 11 Management.

Jordan appeared to have placed the

 bat inches inside the crease, but the umpire thought otherwise and called it one short, depriving "1 run" for the Kings.

While the decision was not correct, it is unfair to blame the umpire to an extent that this decision cost them the match. Imagine if Mayank cleared the boundary and not got out, Punjab would have won the match in style and this incident wouldn't have been discussed as much it is now.

Umpires are human and errors are part of the game whether it is the player or an umpire. I can recollect similar incident during last year IPL where Malinga's big no ball, during closing stages of the league match, was missed by the umpire leading to Kohli showing his anger and minced words against the umpiring standards in India. 

    Now that technology has become an integral part of the game, and the third umpire has acces to numerous footages, thanks to the broadcasters, it is high time the rules to be tweaked for the 3rd umpire to step in and immediately reverse a bad decision to bring sanity to the game as well as to the players involved, whether it is IPl or an international match.

The law makers should take note and Unless tbe laws are changed , these instances would be coming up now and then which will be called out as reasons for losing a crucial match.

My mind still goes back to 2019 Wc finals, the brilliant throw from Guptill hit Stokes bat and went for a boundary. Was this mistake of the "umpire" or the "inefficient laws of the game" which needs to have a relook.  I wish that boundary be nullified and New Zealand to be declared as "world cup Winners"-  Kane, how on earth he accepted this as "part of the game" and moved on...