According to a Times of India journalist, who was narrating the series of events on Twitter, Gill walked up to Pathak, who was officiating in his first match, and allegedly abused him, resulting in the overturn of the decision.

However, the youngster didn’t offer much resistance after that and was dismissed for 23 runs by Simarjeet Singh. Due to Gill’s act, the Delhi team, under the captaincy of Nitish Rana, allegedly walked off the pitch and the match had to be stopped for eight to ten minutes.

Delhi team manager Vivek Khurana told PTI that the play resumed after Gill and Rana had a discussion with the umpire but refused to admit that the Delhi team walked off the pitch. He said:

DDCA general secretary Vinod Tihara was also quick to state that there wasn’t any unnecessary delay:

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