{"id":14839,"date":"2026-05-10T17:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/05\/10\/fact-check-did-lsg-official-use-mobile-phone-in-dugout-during-ipl-match-vs-csk-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T17:50:13","slug":"fact-check-did-lsg-official-use-mobile-phone-in-dugout-during-ipl-match-vs-csk-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=14839","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Did LSG official use mobile phone in dugout during IPL match vs CSK? | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130996129,imgsize-32238,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/bhnj-99.jpg\" alt=\"Fact check: Did LSG official use mobile phone in dugout during IPL match vs CSK?\" title=\"Photo\/screengrab\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lucknow Super Giants found themselves in focus for off-field reasons during their IPL 2026 match against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chennai-super-kings\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Chennai Super Kings<\/a> at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday, after a brief visual on broadcast sparked discussion over possible protocol breach.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The moment came in the first over of the match, just after Josh Inglis hit a boundary off Akeal Hossein on the fifth ball. During the replay shown on television, a person was seen using a mobile phone, which viewers claimed was in the LSG dugout area. This led to immediate reactions on social media.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The IPL\u2019s Player and Match Officials Area (PMOA) rules clearly restrict the use of mobile phones and electronic devices in specific zones, including dressing rooms, dugouts, match viewing areas, umpire rooms, match referee\u2019s room, and dining spaces. <!-- -->Only the official team analyst is allowed to use devices in a designated area.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>As the clip circulated online, questions were raised about whether the rules had been breached. However, the situation did not progress further as it emerged that the individual seen on camera was perhaps not part of the LSG dugout. The exact location of the person, though, could not be independently verified by TimesofIndia.com.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The IPL PMOA guidelines state: \u201cMobile phones and other electronic communication devices are not allowed to be used in the PMOA.\u201d The rules apply across all key operational zones during a match, including areas linked to players, officials, and support staff under BCCI supervision.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>A similar case had been reported earlier in the season when Rajasthan Royals team manager Romi Bhinder was seen using a mobile phone during a match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Guwahati. The matter came under scrutiny after images of Bhinder with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi appeared on social media during the game.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026\/fact-check-did-lsg-official-use-mobile-phone-in-dugout-during-ipl-match-vs-csk\/articleshow\/130995839.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucknow Super Giants found themselves in focus for off-field reasons during their IPL 2026 match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Sunday, after a brief visual on broadcast sparked discussion over possible protocol breach.The moment came in the first over of the match, just after Josh Inglis hit a boundary off&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}