The Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) leg-spinner, Rashid Khan was involved in a controversial dismissal in the match against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. It happened in the penultimate over of the Sunrisers’ run-chase when the leggie was looking ominous, scoring 14 runs off a mere seven deliveries.
SRH needed 22 runs off the last seven balls with Shardul Thakur bowling the penultimate of over. Off the last ball, Rashid attempted a big shot over long-on but holed out to Deepak Chahar down the ground. However, while he was playing the shot, his left-leg crashed into the stumps, lighting the bails up. However, Rashid was given out ‘hit-wicket’ when the dismissal should have been ‘caught’.
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Section 33.5 (Caught to take precedence) of the IPL match playing conditions read: “If the criteria of clause 33.1 are met and the striker is not out Bowled, then he is out Caught, even though a decision against either batsman for another method of dismissal would be justified.”
Here’s the video of Rashid Khan’s dismissal:
https://twitter.com/ryandesa_07/status/1316082816782802945?s=20
The Sunrisers, in the end, failed to chase down a total of 168 and lost by 20 runs. It was also their second defeat after the one against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Sunday, October 11, at the same venue. Kane Williamson went on to score a gritty fifty, but his efforts went in vain. Ravindra Jadeja became the Player of the Match for his short cameo and he also scalped Jonny Bairstow early in the game.
Apart from Rashid’s controversy, another bizarre incident took place in the same innings. Umpire Paul Reiffel refrained from giving a wide when the ball was well outside the tramline. He was about to raise his arms but backed off from giving the wide. It was after Rashid missed a wide yorker in Thakur’s over.
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SRH captain David Warner wasn’t happy from the dugout. Ian Bishop, the former West Indies cricketer, reckoned that Reiffel changed his mind after MS Dhoni, the CSK skipper, threw a stern look at umpire. Nevertheless, going by the laws, what Reiffel did nothing which wasn’t within his rights.
Section 2.12 of the IPL match playing condition says: “Umpire’s decision: An umpire may alter any decision provided that such alteration is made promptly. This apart, an umpire’s decision, once made, is final.”
