One umpire with helmet, another gets injured, then comes substitute Paul Wilson and Twitter goes berserk

Umpire Richard Kettleborough was seen in pain after being struck on the right shin by a straight drive from Aaron Finch early on in the innings.

Over the years, there have been talks and debates over the safety gears for the umpires on the field. They are at equal risk and are prone to some serious injuries as there is hardly any time to react when the ball hits the willow.

During the ongoing fourth One-Day International (ODI) between Australia and India, umpire Richard Kettleborough was seen in pain after being struck on the right shin by a straight drive from Aaron Finch early on in the innings. Kettleborough was given some medical attention and was up on his feet after sometime. But it seems that he pain kept rising as the time passed by and eventually few overs later he finally took a call of leaving the field.

Kettleborough was replaced by Former Australian cricketer Paul Wilson as the former was finding it difficult to continue, also not going to officiate after been hit. His co-umpire John Ward was too seen wearing a helmet right from the outset at Canberra. Twitter world reacted to this instance through their tweets, check out some of them here:

Outstanding fielding from umpire Kettleborough! Good to see him have a laugh after that… #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/PACr8EkgNd

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) January 20, 2016

Standby umpire Paul Wilson appeared in 1 Test @ Kolkata in 1998 One of 6 Aussies who conceded 50+ runs without a wkt in only Test! #AusvInd — Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) January 20, 2016

Umpire Kettleborough walks off the field & Third-umpire Paul Wilson takes over #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/0H6r6RXB0d

— CricFit (@CricFit) January 20, 2016

Change of roles! Kettleborough walked off to tend to his shin, the 3rd umpire replaces him! The 4th umpire becomes the 3rd umpire! #AUSvIND

— NitishaTyagi (@TyagiNitisha) January 20, 2016

The Indian bowlers even got Umpire Kettleborough injured. He has left the ground. What shite they are. Lol. #IndvsAus

— Arijit Banerjee (@ProuddRed) January 20, 2016

A few Indian bowlers should follow Kettleborough. They need some big mental thinking! #AUSvIND

— Shantanu Smart (@smartshantanu) January 20, 2016

Umpire Kettleborough has walked off the field due to personal harm. Wouldn’t be surprised if a few Indian bowlers follow him! #AUSvIND

— Alt Cricket (@AltCricket) January 20, 2016

Great work from Finch to hit Kettleborough off the ground and get a local umpire in. #AdvantageAustralia — Dan Liebke (@LiebCricket) January 20, 2016

Hoping nothing’s serious with umpire Richard Kettleborough. #INDvsAUS

— Hitman Cricket (@HitmanCricket) January 20, 2016

Umpire Kettleborough has succumbed to his earlier blow to the shin. Went off the ground in drinks break #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/7JtpLdEXFk — HoldingWilleyCricket (@holdingwilley) January 20, 2016

Richard Kettleborough needs to start wearing protection too. #AusvInd #IndvsAus

— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) January 20, 2016

Richard Kettleborough should wear pads… #NotHelmet #AUSvIND — Nikhil Mane (@nikhiltait) January 20, 2016

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