Sachin Tendulkar captioned the video as "A friend shared this video with me. Found it very unusual! What would your decision be if you were the umpire?"
Kumar Dharmasena
While umpiring decisions around the world are under scrutiny in the game of cricket, Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar shared an interesting video on Twitter showing a very unusual instance when the ball bowled by a bowler during a game, beat the batsman and hit the bails. The bails, however, moved but did not dislodge from the stumps. The umpire then comes and puts the bails back in its correct position and waves play on, much to the dismay of the bowler.
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Sachin Tendulkar captioned the video as "A friend shared this video with me. Found it very unusual! What would your decision be if you were the umpire?"
A friend shared this video with me.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 24, 2019
Found it very unusual!
What would your decision be if you were the umpire? ðÂu00c2u009f¤Âu00c2u0094 pic.twitter.com/tJCtykEDL9
Various Twitter users gave their opinion on whether the decision should have been out or not. Here are some of the most interesting reactions:
Out - As the bails were dislodged and changes it's position.
— Nishant Jain (@NishantJain_88) July 24, 2019
As bails dislodged. .it should be out....nowhere written it should fall on ground
— Krishhh! (@Khulatirabbit) July 24, 2019
Yeh toh kuch bhi nahi hai, mera ek dost out hua phir bhi umpire ne not out diya kyunki bat uska tha. ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098©
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) July 24, 2019
Batsman arrested but released on bail.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) July 24, 2019
If dharmasena was there it definitely out
— Rajan (@Rajan_hotSpur) July 24, 2019
If simon taufel was there it definitely not out!!#ICCRules
He know how to handle such situations,,,ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0091Âu00c2u008dðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u008fÂu00c2u008fðÂu00c2u009f¤Âu00c2u0094 pic.twitter.com/4TYJr2szTV
— Vineeth Menon (@Vineeth_Menon93) July 24, 2019
You should obviously ask this to your all time favourite umpireðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0081 pic.twitter.com/d8Ewo8C96J
— Abhiiiiiii (@abhi_leo1) July 24, 2019
England batting -It's not out
— Vicky Cholanᴺᴷᴾ (@Vi_Twitz2) July 24, 2019
New Zealand batting -it's out ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0091Âu00c2u008dðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0089
Isse b bura dekha h ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0090 pic.twitter.com/puHQl4EOUe
— Nvi (@nvipedia) July 24, 2019
Earlier this month, during the World Cup 2019, wrong umpiring decisions by ICC elite umpire Kumar Dharmasena cost New Zealand the trophy.
Luck smiled on England midway through the final over of their innings when a throw from New Zealand fielder Martin Guptill deflected off the bat of Stokes and ran to the boundary. England tied the match and the ensuing Super Over before winning on boundary count.
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Law 19.8 of the ICC rules, pertaining to 'Overthrow or wilful act of fielder', states: "If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the wilful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be any runs for penalties awarded to either side, and the allowance for the boundary, and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act."
England ended up winning the trophy but it would have been New Zealand's World Cup if Kumar Dharmasena would have awarded 5 runs instead of six.
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