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India captain Virat Kohli effectively gave himself out in a World Cup match against Pakistan, only for replays to suggest he had made a mistake.
Kohli had made 77 when he tried to hook Pakistan paceman Mohammad Amir and got what he thought was a thin nick through to Pakistan wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Pakistan appealed but umpire Marais Erasmus was not convinced. Kohli, however, did not wait for a decision but walked off the field.
Replays suggested the star batsman, who in the course of his innings became the quickest player to score 11,000 one-day international runs, had erred with no spike indicating a nick detected on the Ultra Edge system.
India were then 314 for five, with the innings petering out to a final total of 336 for five after Kohli’s exit.
Kohli reached the 11,000 mark in 222 innings – beating the previous record held by compatriot Sachin Tendulkar who took 276 innings to rack up that total.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, commentating on television, said he had walked because there was a creak in the handle of his bat and that, rather than an edge, was the sound he heard.
The practice of batsmen ‘walking’ or giving themselves out without waiting for an umpire’s decision was a familiar sight in professional cricket in many countries.
Manchester
India captain Virat Kohli effectively gave himself out in a World Cup match against Pakistan, only for replays to suggest he had made a mistake.
Kohli had made 77 when he tried to hook Pakistan paceman Mohammad Amir and got what he thought was a thin nick through to Pakistan wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Pakistan appealed but umpire Marais Erasmus was not convinced. Kohli, however, did not wait for a decision but walked off the field.
Replays suggested the star batsman, who in the course of his innings became the quickest player to score 11,000 one-day international runs, had erred with no spike indicating a nick detected on the Ultra Edge system.
India were then 314 for five, with the innings petering out to a final total of 336 for five after Kohli’s exit.
Kohli reached the 11,000 mark in 222 innings – beating the previous record held by compatriot Sachin Tendulkar who took 276 innings to rack up that total.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, commentating on television, said he had walked because there was a creak in the handle of his bat and that, rather than an edge, was the sound he heard.
The practice of batsmen ‘walking’ or giving themselves out without waiting for an umpire’s decision was a familiar sight in professional cricket in many countries.
