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• 04/06/2024
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At a time when the spirit of cricket is brought into question ahead of the rules of the game, the Australian and Surisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins might have dodged a bullet by refusing to appeal against a possible obstruction of the field by Ravindra Jadeja.

The event occurred in the 19th over of the game when Jadeja played a yorker straight back to the bowler. Jadeja had ventured out of the crease to make room for himself; however, with the ball in Bhuvneshwar’s hand, he turned around to scamper back inside the crease.

Pat Cummins withdraws runout appeal against CSK

That’s when Bhuvneshwar threw the ball at the stumps in a bid to runout Jadeja. The batter, however, got in the way, and the 8ball hit him flush on his back. Following this incident, the umpires decided to come together to discuss whether the field was obstructed.

For those new to the rule, according to the laws of cricket, if a batter stops a ball from hitting the stump during a runout situation, it comes under the scanner for obstruction of the field. This questions whether the batter deliberately came into the ball’s path to save himself from getting out.

In this case, before the third umpire could have been called into action, Pat Cummins decided to step in and take back the appeal. This move by the captain was later lauded by fans and pundits alike.

Despite letting Jadeja bat, the southpaw could not dent SRH in any way. He scored 31* off 23, and CSK could only post a total of 165 in the first inning.

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SRH hands CSK second defeat of the season

SRH chased the total with 11 balls to spare. Courtesy of some phenomenal hitting by Abhishek Sharma at the top of the order, followed by a sensible inning by Aiden Markram, Hyderabad was always cruising to the total.

They now have two wins to their name from 4 games and look like a side to beat this season.