India, April 24 -- Ishan Kishan's bizarre dismissal was the talk of social media during Sunrisers Hyderabad's match against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday. The left-handed opener, having just opened his account, tried to glance a delivery from Deepak Chahar that was clearly drifting down leg. The ball evaded Kishan's bat by a noticeable margin and was safely collected by MI wicketkeeper Ryan Rickelton.

Strangely, there was no appeal from either Rickelton or Chahar, and umpire Vinod Seshan was on the verge of signalling it a wide.

What followed left everyone stunned. Without any clear edge or noise, and no external pressure, Ishan inexplicably began walking back to the pavilion, implying that he had nicked it. Replays confirmed no bat was i...