VIDEO | Delhi Daredevils awarded free-hit despite Tim Southee bowling legal delivery

For T20 Cricket, the rule of Powerplay states, “The first six overs of an innings will be a mandatory powerplay, with only two fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle. Beginning with the seventh over no more than five fielders will be allowed outside the 30-yard circle.” And Kohli seemed to have forgotten for a moment and in the 19th over, only three men were stationed inside the ring. While that was not legal, none from Royal Challengers Bangalore could notice it and Tim Southee went on to bowl a slower cutter to which Shankar mis-forced down the ground.

However, Shankar had already realised the silly blunder by the RCB skipper and immediately brought that to the umpire’s notice. Upon checking, the umpire, who also missed that in the first chance, called the ball as a no-ball and awarded a free-hit to the hosts. Southee went upto the umpire and had a word with him but he could not change the umpire's mind. Kohli, who was having a word with bowling coach Ashish Nehra was not too impressed by his team's absent-minded approach.