India former keeper Dinesh Karthik has urged the ICC to reexamine and correct the rules loopholes following the DRS fiasco in the Super Over between India and Sri Lanka on September 26. He directed the cricket body to be proactive in ensuring that such occurrences do not happen in future.
During the Super Over, Dasun Shanaka appeared to be run out when Sanju Samson hit the stumps while he was short of the crease. However, the umpire had also given him out caught behind. After a review, the caught-behind decision was overturned, and Shanaka was allowed to continue, creating a strange few minutes on the field.
Karthik believed that Shanaka took advantage of the rule’s flaw, but India was unaffected by the ruling because Arshdeep removed the Sri Lankan batsman from the very next delivery. He made the following remark during a Cricbuzz discussion:
“Looking at the body language of the batter, it’s a bit of a loophole that he’s used here because Shanaka knew that he hadn’t hit the ball, and he was running. He was told by either Kamindu [Mendis], or he got a bit of a thought to go for it. The fact is that it is a loophole, and I think ICC needs to look into it. They don’t need to wait for a calamity to occur before they react to a situation.
Dinesh Karthik
“I think it is a situation where you can be proactive. We’re closing in on a game where this is going to happen, one ball, four runs to win, hits the pad, umpire gives it out, but it’s a boundary. Sadly, it becomes a dead ball. You don’t want that to happen. It’s so easy to say this. Do I have a solution for it? As I think about it, I don’t right now.”
Dinesh Karthik
In Arshdeep’s Super Over, Sri Lanka scored just two runs. Shanaka (0) sliced one to deep backward point, while Kusal Perera (0) was caught at deep point off the first ball. To chase the aim, Team India just needed one ball.
Pathum Nissanka’s Century Goes in Vain as India Beat Sri Lanka in Super Four Clash
In their Super 4 match with India, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field first. Men in Blue were 202-5 in 20 overs, having 61, 49 and 39 off 31,34, and 23 balls respectively, by Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson.
In response, Sri Lanka lost Kusal Mendis to a golden duck but received a good partnership of Pathum Nissanka (107 off 58) and Kusal Perera (58 off 32), who scored 127 runs as a second-wicket partnership. Nissanka had hit seven fours and six sixes, and had been hit by Harshit Rana in the last over. Sri Lanka managed to draw the game, however, lost in the Super Over.
