LSG vs SRH: In cricket, one mistake turns the tables. Just like what happened in the match played between Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The final result of this match was that Lucknow Super Giants defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets. But, this thing could have been reversed if SRH had not made a huge mistake. Had he not made that mistake, he probably made the biggest mistake. Simply put, in the match which LSG won, SRH could have won. If he had challenged the mistake made by an LSG player. There would have been an appeal against him.
Was SRH’s victory certain, not LSG’s?
Now you must be wondering what did Sunrisers Hyderabad not appeal about? Which LSG player made which big mistake? The strings of both these questions are connected to the same ball on which Lucknow Super Giants won. In fact, where LSG seems to be winning, it was possible that SRH could have won. For this, Sunrisers Hyderabad had to appeal against the lapse committed by Lucknow team player Avesh Khan. But, not doing so became a pain in the neck for SRH.
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This mistake of Avesh Khan could have cost LSG dearly.
Now the question is what mistake did Avesh Khan do? To win, LSG had to score 1 run on the last 2 balls of the last over. Rishabh Pant was on strike. He played the ball towards the boundary line on the 5th ball of Jaydev Unadkat’s over. Now at the same time, LSG player Avesh Khan, standing outside the boundary, made the mistake of stopping the ball with his bat before it crossed the boundary. There are rules and regulations regarding this in cricket. But SRH made a mistake here. He probably did not pay attention to what Avesh Khan did.
What do the rules of cricket say?
According to ICC Code of Conduct 20.1, that ball could have been given a dead ball after the interference of a non-fielder. According to ICC Rule 41, it could have been considered unfair play. Instead, the umpire could have gifted a penalty of 5 runs to SRH.
It was costly for SRH not to appeal
It is clear that LSG would have had to score not 1 run but 6 runs in 2 balls to win, which would have been a difficult task for an SRH bowler like Jaydev Unadkat. But nothing like this happened because SRH did not appeal. The result was that the match ended with SRH’s defeat and LSG’s victory.