In the 7th over of Mumbai chase, a bizarre development took place. Ryan Rickelton had slapped a short ball from the legspinner Zeeshan Ansari to covers where Pat Cummins caught it.
Rickelton had walked out of boundary and Suryakumar had reached the middle when the first signs of something odd appeared when the fourth umpire rushed to stop Rickelton just before the stairs that lead to the dressing room.
It was the law 27.3.1 that intervened. The position of SRH’s wicketkeeper Heinrich Klassen’s gloves was what the third umpire was focusing on.
That law states that “The wicket-keeper shall remain wholly behind the wicket at the striker’s end from the moment the ball comes into play until a ball delivered by the bowler- touches the bat or person of the striker, or passes the wicket at the striker’s end, or the striker attempts a run.” Law 27.3.2 adds: “In the event of the wicket-keeper contravening this Law, the striker’s end umpire shall call and signal No ball as soon as applicable after the delivery of the ball.
And Klassen’s gloves hands had encroached that laxman rekha just before Rickelton made contact with the ball.
Once the television replays confirmed it, the decision was reversed and Rickelton was called back. He fell next over but slammed couple of fours before that.
Earlier, SRH found late momentum with the bat to fight their way through and post 162 for 5 against Mumbai Indians on a tricky pitch in their Indian Premier League match.
With the surface at the Wankhede Stadium providing grip and turn for the spinners and slower deliveries giving dividends to the pace bowlers, Sunrisers Hyderabad batters struggled to adapt to the wicket for most part of the innings.
But a big finish — 57 runs coming off the last five overs — gave SRH some much-needed impetus towards the end.
MI bowlers were spot-on in formulating their plans and near-perfect in their execution with Jasprit Bumrah delivering a measly 4-0-21-1, Trent Boult nailing his yorkers again to return 4-0-29-1 and Will Jacks producing an impressive 3-0-14-2.
(With agency inputs)
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