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RCB batter Jitesh Sharma ran a leg-bye even as the on-field umpire gave him out LBW but upon review, the decision was reversed but the run wasn’t counted.
Jitesh Sharma successfully reviewed the decision. (Screengrab/JioCinema)
Jasprit Bumrah delivered a searing yorker to Jitesh Sharma who went for a big leg-side shot and missed to be hit on the pad. He went for a single anyway even as the on-field umpire replied in positive to Bumrah’s appeal for LBW. It was the last ball of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s innings as they faced Mumbai Indians in an IPL 2025 match at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday night.
Jitesh was unconvinced and he promptly reviewed the out decision. And replays showed the impact was outside the line meaning the on-field decision had to be changed and Jitesh remained unbeaten.
However, RCB were denied the single thanks to a strange clause in IPL playing conditions that deems a ball to have become dead when the decision was made.
“If following a Player Review request, an original decision of Out is changed to Not out, then the ball is still deemed to have become dead when the original decision was made. The batting side, while benefiting from the reversal of the dismissal, shall not benefit from any runs that may subsequently have accrued from the delivery had the on-field umpire originally made a Not out decision, other than any No ball penalty…”
“If an original decision of Not out is changed to Out, the ball shall retrospectively be deemed to have become dead from the moment of the dismissal event. All subsequent events, including any runs scored, shall be ignored,” states the Clause 3.7 of Appendix D of IPL playing conditions
India cricketer Hanuma Vihari has called for a change in the rule citing a hypothetical situation in which the match between MI and RCB was decided by a margin of one run
“Need for a change in the rule,” Vihari posted on X. “If you saw the last ball of RCB’s innings, Jitesh was given out on field and was reviewed and umpire had to overturn his decision because the impact was outside off stump.”
“The problem is the run wouldn’t count, if umpire would not given it out, the run would’ve counted. What if it’s the second innings and 2 needed of 1 ball? The result of the match would’ve been determined by the decision of the umpire. Food for thought?” he added.
Need for a change in the rule.If you saw the last ball of RCB’s innings, Jitesh was given out on field and was reviewed and umpire had to overturn his decision because the impact was outside off stump. The problem is the run wouldn’t count, if umpire would not given it out,the…— Hanuma vihari (@Hanumavihari) April 7, 2025
RCB finished their innings at 221/5 and kept MI to 209/9 for a 12-run win.
