A hilarious passage of play ensued during Pakistan’s 2023 Asian Games clash on October 3. Despite being ruled out stumped, Babar Hayat of Hong Kong was recalled after TV umpire Sarika Prasad confirmed that the ball had not been in wicketkeeper Rohail Nazir’s gloves.
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The incident occurred during the second quarter-final of the 2023 Asian Games. Hong Kong captain Babar Hayat was stumped by Rohail Nazir.
Masudur Rahman and Ruchira Palliyaguruge referred the decision to TV umpire Sarika Prasad, who noticed Hayat outside the crease when the stumps were broken, and ruled him out.
Hayat walked back to the pavilion. However, Prasad noticed that the ball had not been in Rohail’s gloves when he had knocked the bails off but were instead stuck near his stomach.
Hilarious scenes in Asian Games!!!
Stumping decision went to the 3rd umpire. He gave it out. Batsman went all the way back to the pavilion.
Then all of a sudden the third umpire realised that the ball was not even in the keeper’s gloves. 😂
So he signalled not-out again.… pic.twitter.com/DpLBfmbJTO
— Saif Ahmed 🇧🇩 (@saifahmed75) October 3, 2023
Prasad recalled Hayat, who continued to bat. Prasad’s act was in accordance with Law 25.2, according to which “a batter’s innings shall be considered to have commenced when that batter first steps onto the field of play.”
Earlier, Ayush Shukla (4-49) and Mohammad Ghazanfar (3-26) had reduced Pakistan to 73-6 before Asif Ali (25 in 21 balls), Arafat Minhas (25 in 16), and Aamer Jamal (41 in 16) lifted them to 160.
Hayat top-scored with Hong Kong with a 27-ball 29, but they were bowled out for 92 against Khushdil Shah (3-13), Qasim Akram (2-5), Sufiyan Muqeem (2-11), and Minhas (2-19).
