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After fast bowler Hasan Mahmud ran out the New Zealand
player for leaving the wicket early at the non-striker’s end, Bangladesh
captain Litton Das called back batter Ish Sodhi.
A Bangladeshi cricketer made an effort at one of the
most contentious dismissal methods for the first time. When Sodhi was summoned
back, he had hit 17 off of 26 balls. He scored 18 off 13 after the reprieve
with the help of two sixes.
Mahmud broke the wicket in the 46th over while still
in his bowling stride as Sodhi backed up early. In response to the bowler’s
appeal, umpire Marais Erasmus went directly to the TV umpire. The bails were
dislodged by Mahmud when Sodhi was outside of his crease, according to replays.
Sodhi left with a smile on his face, but Bangladesh
captain Litton told the umpire that he wanted to bring Sodhi back as he got
close to the boundary rope. Sodhi ran back to the centre after learning about
the gesture and hugged Mahmud.
Given that the MCC de-stigmatized the run-out at the
non-striker’s end last year, Litton’s judgement might be viewed as unexpected.
To lessen the stigma associated with such dismissals, the MCC changed the
wording of this dismissal from Law 41 (Unfair play) to Law 38 (Run out) in
March 2022.
“The bowler is always painted as the villain but
it is a legitimate way to dismiss someone and it is the non-striker who is
stealing the ground,” Fraser Stewart, MCC Laws Manager, told the Times, at
the time. “It is legitimate, it is a run-out and therefore it should live
in the run-out section of the laws.”
New Zealand finished on 254 all out in 49.2 overs.