Delhi Capitals pacer Lungi Ngidi fell awkwardly while attempting to catch PBKS opener Priyansh Arya in DC's IPL 2026 match on 25 April 2026 and sustained a head injury. He was withdrawn from the match under the concussion protocol; Vipraj Nigam was named as the concussion substitute. Ngidi missed several subsequent matches before completing the mandatory concussion layoff.
Ngidi sprinted for a top-edge skier from Arya. The catch attempt was at full pace from a deep position; the trajectory was awkward. Ngidi went down hard as he reached for the ball, with his head striking the ground. The medical team attended within seconds and Ngidi left the field under the concussion-assessment protocol.
DC nominated Vipraj Nigam as Ngidi's concussion substitute, and the match referee approved the swap. The like-for-like assessment in this case was less contested than the Santner-Thakur case at MI — Nigam is a similar bowling profile to Ngidi and the swap was procedurally clean.
Ngidi missed the next several DC fixtures while completing the mandatory concussion layoff. He returned to the DC XI in early May.
25 April 2026 — DC vs PBKS
Priyansh Arya top-edges a skier
Ngidi sprints from deep, dives, falls awkwardly with head striking the ground
Medical team attends within seconds
Ngidi withdrawn under concussion-assessment protocol
DC nominate Vipraj Nigam as concussion substitute
Match referee approves swap
Ngidi misses several subsequent matches; returns in early May after mandatory layoff
Lungi Ngidi sustained a concussion attempting to catch Priyansh Arya in DC vs PBKS on 25 April 2026. Vipraj Nigam was named as concussion substitute and the swap was approved. Ngidi completed the mandatory concussion layoff and returned to the DC XI in early May.
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29 May 2026
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Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders
26 April 2026
Kartik Tyagi bowled two beamers in the final over of LSG's chase but was allowed to continue — umpires called only one dangerous — sparking IPL fury.
Various county and representative sides
1864-06-01
The legalisation of overarm bowling in 1864 created an immediate grey zone: how high could the arm go, and at what point did a fast delivery become an illegal throw? Through the 1860s English cricket struggled with this question as a succession of fast bowlers developed actions that umpires suspected but rarely no-balled, creating a climate of suspicion that would recur in every generation of cricket thereafter.