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Latest Sports News - Players get confused as ball goes missing; it was in umpire's pocket

--- Players get confused as ball goes missing; it was in umpire's pocket --- While the play was about to resume following strategic time-out after RCB's 14th over, KXIP pacer Ankit Rajpoot, who was about to bowl the 15th over, asked around for the ball. Players and on-field umpires seemed confused as to where the ball was and asked for a new ball. Umpire Chettithody Shamshuddin immediately realised the ball was in his pocket. --- Dinda Academy, What's that: RCB mock Dinda as Yadav takes 3 wickets --- RCB mocked their ex-pacer Ashok Dinda after pacer Umesh Yadav picked up three wickets against KXIP in IPL 2019 on Wednesday. "Dinda Academy? What's that?" RCB tweeted after Yadav picked his third wicket. Social media users called Yadav a student of 'Dinda Academy' for leaking runs. RCB later deleted the tweet, saying it was in "bad taste". --- RCB's Steyn out of IPL after 2 matches, had replaced Coulter-Nile --- RCB pacer Dale Steyn, who had replaced Nathan Coulter-Nile mid-season, has been ruled out of remainder of IPL 2019 due to shoulder inflammation issue. The 35-year-old played two matches this season, taking four wickets in eight overs. Steyn had gone unsold at the auction for the tournament but came as a replacement to feature in IPL after a two-year gap. --- Karthik scores 3 runs off 10 balls, 94 off next 40 including 9 sixes --- KKR captain Dinesh Karthik today smashed the second highest score by a KKR batsman, hitting 97*(50) against Rajasthan Royals. The 33-year-old scored three runs off the first 10 balls and 94 off the next 40 including nine sixes and seven fours. Karthik fell short of three runs to become the second KKR batsman after Brendon McCullum to smash a hundred.