A dismissal in the Oman D10 league has gone viral on social media and sparked a major debate among cricket fans over run-out laws. During the Oman D10 match between Ghubrah Giants and Ruwi Rangers, Barathwaj Vinayagam was eliminated thanks to a direct hit by Rangers cricketer Aflal Kariapper. Kariapper collected the ball well and made a no-look delivery to dismiss the batsman. He received high praise from both his teammates and the commentators. However, some fans on social media believe it was 'fake fielding' and the run-out attempt should not have counted.
This is what the rules of cricket say:
Law 41.5.1states that “it is unfair for a fielder to deliberately attempt, by word or action, to distract, deceive or hinder one of the batsmen after the striker has received the ball”.
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However, the dismissal was deemed valid by the referees and Ruwi Rangers defeated Ghubrah Giants by 57 points in the match.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians' play-off dreams in IPL 2024 suffered a major blow as the Hardik Pandya-led side slumped to a nine-wicket loss to Rajasthan Royals.
“We got ourselves into trouble early on. The way Tilak and Nehal batted was fantastic. I don't think when we lost a few wickets early on we thought we would even reach 180. We didn't finish well and that's too bad.” why we were 10-15 runs short We had to keep it inside the stumps (while bowling). We gave up a lot of space early in the power play and I don't think it was our best day on the field either. ,” he said.
“Overall we didn't put the right foot on the park and in the end they outscored us. After the match it's not the right time to go to the players, everyone is professional, they know their role.”
“What we can do is learn from this match and the mistakes we made, correct them and make sure we don't get there. Progress is very important. Within the team we will have to individually accept our mistakes and maybe work on them. I don't believe much in chip and chop, I like to support players and the focus would always be on playing good cricket, sticking to our plans and making sure we don't make the basic mistakes is simple, as long as we keep it simple it's fun, Hardik added after the match.
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