'It should be a dead ball and a warning': KKR's Varun Chakravarthy questions controversial no-ball during MI vs SRH clash

The incident happened during the seventh over when MI opener Ryan Rickelton was dismissed by leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari, with Pat Cummins taking an easy catch at cover. The incident got hype when the fourth umpire stopped Rickelton near the boundary rope, and the delivery was called a no-ball.

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While watching the replay, the third umpire found that wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen had his gloves in front of the stumps when the ball made contact with the bat. Rickelton, who was going back to the dressing room, failed to capitalise on a free hit.

Varun Chakravarthy took his 'X', formerly known as Twitter, to question the decision of the  third umpire. 

"If the keeper's gloves come in front of the stumps, it should be a dead ball and a warning to the keeper so that he doesn't do that again !!! Not a no-ball and a free hit!! What did the bowler do. Thinking out loud!! What do u all think???" wrote Varun.

However, Rickelton was dismissed in the next over as Harshal Patel got his wicket bowling a slower delivery. He scored 31 off 23 balls that helped MI to register a four-wicket win against SRH.