World Cup 2019: 4 umpiring blunders from the tournament 

#2 Chris Gayle becomes the victim of three umpiring howlers howlers

Chris Gayle reviewed his dismissal thrice, surviving on two occasions and being unlucky on the third

Chris Gayle became the victim of three wrong umpiring decisions during his short 17-ball stay at the crease. Interestingly, all the three decisions came off the bowling of Mitchell Starc and New Zealander Chris Gaffaney was the umpire on all the three occasions.

The southpaw survived two wrong decisions in the same over, as he reviewed two decisions of caught behind and leg before wicket against him. Both the occasions showed some serious negligence by the umpire.

Two overs later, Gayle was hit once again on the pads by Starc's delivery. Once again, he went for the review, this time without even asking his partner Shai Hope. However, this time around, he had to depart, as the review declared the wickets to be Umpire's Call, which had been initially ruled against the Universe Boss

Ironically, the umpiring error on this occasion came one ball before the dismissal, as Gaffaney missed a huge no-ball by Starc. The delivery on which Gayle was dismissed should have actually been a Free Hit. This decision proved to be crucial in the context of the game, as West Indies not only lost the hard-hitting Gayle, who was off to a good start, but also a Free Hit, which could have changed the fortunes in the otherwise 15-run defeat.