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Three bizarre instances when bails didn’t fall off despite ball hitting stumps in Indian T20 League
Nothing upsets a bowler more than half chances that could have turned into wickets.
Cricket can be very difficult at times because it takes much longer for a game to end than any other sport. The bowlers work hard to set up the batters and get rid of them, and it becomes even more difficult in the T20 format as they have limited overs to work with. Nothing upsets a bowler more than half chances that could have turned into wickets. In this article, we will have a look at the bizarre instances when bails didn’t fall off despite the ball hitting the stumps in Indian T20 League.
#1 Jofra Archer to MS Dhoni
Indian T20 League (source: Twitter)
Jofra Archer was prevented from getting a clean wicket of MS Dhoni in the first leg of the Indian T20 League 2019 match between Chennai and Rajasthan. In the sixth over of the first innings, Chennai was batting when Archer’s 142.7 kph ball failed to remove the bails.
Dhoni attempted to block the ball, but it ultimately passed through his legs and struck the stumps. The lights, though, remained off. The commentators couldn’t believe how a fast ball didn’t take the stumps off.
#2 Dhawal Kulkarni to Chris Lynn
Indian T20 League (source: Twitter)
In the second innings of the match between Kolkata and Rajasthan, Kolkata was attempting to chase Rajasthan’s target of 140 runs. When Chris Lynn was batting, a delivery from pacer Dhawan Kulkarni struck the inside edge and onto the stumps. He didn’t bother to look behind him before he began to move.
When the bowler realised that the ball had lit up the bails but not managed to move them, Kulkarni was also seen disappointed. In actuality, the ball struck the leg stump on its way to the fine-leg boundary for a four.
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#3 Jofra Archer to Prithvi Shaw
Indian T20 League (source: Twitter)
In the match between Delhi and Rajasthan, Jofra Archer’s bail saga continued. In the 16th over, Prithvi Shaw’s wicket was saved by Archer’s full toss delivery because the bails resisted coming off. For a brief moment, the bails appeared to be lifted, but they did not fall from the stumps.
The bowler and the keeper Sanju Samson looked very disappointed at the outcome. The batter, on the other hand, was perplexed by what had happened and even turned to the umpire to determine his fate.
