Batting first, the Indian team scored 209 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. When the Namibian team came to chase the target, Jasprit Bumrah had clean bowled the batsman on one occasion, yet the batsman did not signal out. After all, due to which ICC rule the batsman was not given out even after being clean bowled. Here you will get the answer to this question.
Why didn’t the umpire give OUT?
Namibia team was chasing the target of 210 runs. This incident pertains to the third ball of the seventh over of Namibia’s innings. Lauren Steenkamp was batting in front, Bumrah bowled an accurate yorker and Steenkamp was clean bowled. Still the batsmen ran for one run. Was injustice done to Bumrah in the middle of the field?
Actually, Bumrah had bowled a no-ball earlier, due to which the batsman got a free-hit. Bumrah had clean bowled Steenkamp on the free-hit, so the umpire did not give him out. The batsman can only be run out on a free-hit.
Indian batting came out strong
In this match, India may have scored a huge score of 209 runs, but the Indian batting lost its strength in the last 2 overs. Till 18.1 overs, India had scored 205 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Hardik Pandya was out on the next ball. After this, the Indian team could add only 4 runs in the next 11 balls and lost 5 wickets during this period.
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