MS Dhoni run out after umpiring error? Fans raise questions after India lose World Cup semi-final
ICC Cricket World Cup: In a video clip going viral online, 6 New Zealand fielders are seen positioned outside the 30-yard circle in the delivery that MS Dhoni was run out. According to the rules of the game, only 5 fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle.
In Short
- MS Dhoni was run out for 50 in the 49th over of the semi-final
- In a viral video clip, 6 New Zealand fielders can be spotted standing outside the 30-yard circle
- India lost the semi-final by 18 runs in Manchester on Wednesday
During the World Cup 2019 semi-final between India and New Zealand, there was pindrop silence in the Manchester crowd after MS Dhoni was run out as the wicketkeeper-batsman's wicket was the final nail in the coffin for India in their 240-run chase on Wednesday.
With MS Dhoni at the crease, there was still belief that India would be able to gun down the total and seal a ticket to the Lord's final on July 14. India were jolted early in their chase of 240 as they lost Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul cheaply inside the first 4 overs.
MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja took India from 92 for 6 to 208 after which the two batsmen got out in quick succession. India eventually fell short of the target by 18 runs and were knocked out of World Cup 2019.
WHAT A MOMENT OF BRILLIANCE!
Martin Guptill was to run out MS Dhoni and help send New Zealand to their second consecutive @cricketworldcup final! #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/i84pTIrYbk ICC (@ICC) July 10, 2019
However, after the heartbreaking semi-final defeat to New Zealand, a video has been doing the rounds on social media around the legality of the ball on which Dhoni was run-out.
In the pictures and video going viral, a small graphic could be seen where 6 New Zealand players were standing outside the ring. According to ICC rules, only 5 fielders can be outside of the 30-yard circle in the 3rd powerplay. Thus, if the pictures stand true, the delivery should have been called a no-ball.
There were 6 fielders outside the 30 yard circle when Dhoni was run out. Shame on Umpires for this level of awareness and that too in World Cup Semi-final ?????? pic.twitter.com/ocA8xSuNbz MasterYoda (@PrasidthJ) July 10, 2019
Glaring umpiring error? Could they afford this in a World Cup semi final? 6 players outside the circle... how long did they play like that in P3? #INDvNZL #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/Hb5UlA4tsI Anand Narasimhan (@AnchorAnandN) July 10, 2019
Issue is not the fact that there would anyway have been a run out off a no ball. Had Guptill been the fielder inside the circle Dhoni may not have gone for the 2nd run. Sumanth Raman (@sumanthraman) July 10, 2019
MS Dhoni would have still been run out even if the umpire had called it a no-ball. However, fans are questioning if Dhoni would have taken the risk and pushed for the 2nd run had he known it was a no-ball.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson also confessed that MS Dhoni run out was the turning point of the game.
"We all know the game is a fine line in a number of ways. But that run-out was significant. We have seen Dhoni finish games from those similar positions on a number of occasions," Kane Williamson said after the match.
"It was a tough surface so nothing promised but naturally to dismiss Dhoni in whatever fashion is extremely important, but for a direct hit run-out very similar to Jadeja's I think was a big moment in the game."