MI comfortably beat SRH by 4 wickets in yesterday’s clash at Wankhede. SRH batters continue to struggle when the pitch offers something for the bowlers. Let’s look at the records being broken after MI‘s win against SRH.
No ball by Heinrich Klaasen
Zeeshan Ansari bowled the 7th over and picked the wicket of Ryan Rickelton. Pat Cummins took an extraordinary catch at covers. But the umpires called it a no-ball. The bowler’s foot was behind the line, and it was not a waist-high full-toss. Still, it was called a no-ball because wicket keeper Henrich Klaasen’s hand came before the stumps when Rickelton played the shot.
According to MCC’s Laws of the Game ( 27.1 ), the keeper’s hands shall remain behind the wicket at the striker’s end until the ball delivered by the bowler touches the bat or the person, or passes the wicket. If the keeper violates this law, the on-field umpire can call it a no-ball.
Heinrich Klaasen’s hands came in front of the stumps before the ball was delivered by Zeeshan Ansari touched the bat of Ryan Rickelton. So, it was called a no-ball by the umpires. Interestingly, Ryan Rickelton already walked out of the field and was stopped when he was about to enter the dressing room. He was called back to play.
But when a player walks off the field, he can’t be called back to the field and will be declared out. But Ryan was called back, but the opponent captain, Cummins, didn’t appeal for it, so it didn’t raise as a controversy. The third umpire had called back Rickelton, and this is quite a rare instance in the history of IPL where the third umpire was involved in the decision making.
18th over Drama
MI batters were comfortable in the chase and came very close to the target. They reached 161 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 17 required, just 2 runs. Everyone thought that they would finish the match in 2 balls. But, MI had other plans. Eshan Malinga bowled that over. He gave just 1 run, that too in wide, and picked 2 wickets of Hardik and Naman Dhir.
Both Hardik and Naman lost their wickets by going for big shots, which was not necessary at that moment. That one over affected the NRR of both teams. SRH are on the verge of slipping to the bottom of the table, but escaped it by extending the match for one more over and taking 2 more wickets. MI had a better chance of boosting their NRR but wasted it.
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