Mishra Given Out for Obstructing the Field, Here’s What it Means
Amit Mishra was given out for obstructing the field during the IPL 2019 Eliminator between Delhi and Sunrisers.
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With 5 needed off the last six balls, the crucial Eliminator between Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad on Wednesday, 8 May, could have gone in either teams’ favour.
Delhi had stumbled in their chase after getting a good start courtesy openers Prithvi Shaw and Shreyas Iyer. After a series of wickets fell in the latter half of their innings, Rishabh Pant came to his team’s rescue with a 21-ball 49. But his dismissal in the 18th over saw Amit Mishra joining Keemo Paul at the crease.
Khaleel Ahmed was handed the ball for the final bowler, and the Delhi batsman managed two singles in the first four bowls which included a wide. On the fourth ball of the over, Mishra ran completely in the middle of the wicket while trying to take a single, which resulted in the throw by Khaleel hitting him. Hyderabad went up for a caught-behind call and then for obstructing the field after which he was given out.
Tailender Paul had then hammered Khaleel for a boundary on the penultimate delivery to help his team reach home in time. However, if you’re still curious about the law of Obstructing the Field which resulted in Mishra’s dismissal, read below.
It further says, ‘The striker is out Obstructing the field if in the act of receiving a ball delivered by the bowler, he/she wilfully strikes the ball with a hand not holding the bat. This will apply whether it is the first strike or a second or subsequent strike. The act of receiving the ball shall extend both to playing at the ball and to striking the ball more than once in defence of his/her wicket’.
Earlier in the match there had been another instance of an interesting run-out. As Keemo Paul bowled the penultimate ball of the final over of the first innings, Deepak Hooda missed hitting it, but darted down for run as tried to squeeze in a single. However, as wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant threw the ball to the non-striker’s end, a sprinting Hooda collided with Paul in the middle of the pitch and didn’t manage to make the crease in time.
The on-field umpires then got together and had a discussion with Delhi skipper Shreyas Iyer, inquiring whether Hooda’s run-out could be overturned due to the collision. While Iyer had agreed to let Hooda stay at the crease, Pant protested against the decision and the Sunrisers batsman eventually had to walk back to the hut.
Delhi Capitals will next play Chennai Super Kings in Qualifier 2 on Friday, 10 May.