“I did say to the umpires after the second over, ‘What’s going on? The ball is all red’,” Labuschange said after the game. “Obviously, it must be from the clothes or something like that. I have not seen anything like that [before], but I have seen the ball take colour from the paint of the pads or from something off the bat. I am sure we will sort it out before our next game on Sunday.”
Labuschagne confirmed that the umpires had not objected to Kingsmen continuing with their kit in the tournament.
“I am not certain who got the ball changed,” Rauf said. “We cannot ascertain whether it was because of the kit. It may well have been because of the seats as the ball flew out of the ground quite a few times. As long as the batters continued to see the ball clearly, they batted. They may have changed it when it got difficult to pick. Had I gone to the crease [to bat], I would have had it changed first ball.”
After the conclusion of the match, Kingsmen congratulated Qalandars on X for “winning their first pink-ball game”.
Kingsmen suffered a comprehensive 69-run loss on what was their PSL debut.
