The era of goodness is no more, giving the ball back to the wicketkeeper proved costly for Hamza Shaikh
England U19 won this match by 146 runs. Hamza Shaikh (Pic Source-Twitter) Currently the U19 World Cup 2024 tournament is being played. The 38th match of Super 6 was played between England and Zimbabwe today i.e. on 3 February at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom. However, a controversial moment was seen in the first innings of this match. In fact, England’s young batsman Hamza Sheikh was given Obstructing the Field on one ball. All this happened in the 17th over of England’s innings when Ryan Simbi’s ball was defended by the English batsman. The ball hit his bat and hit the batsman’s leg. As soon as the batsman caught the ball and threw it back towards the wicketkeeper, the opposing team immediately appealed. Let us tell you, Law 37.4 of cricket states: ‘The batsman is obstructing the field, if at any time the ball is in play and without the consent of a fielder, he may use his bat or his hand to return the ball to any fielder. Uses any part of the person.’ This means that if the batsman tries to pass the ball to the players of the opposing team without informing them, he will be considered out. After this, both the umpires immediately went to the third umpire for the decision and Sheikh was given out. The young English batsman was also surprised as to why he was given out. Not only this, the England team was also unhappy with this decision. Here’s the video: England U19 batsman Hamza Shaikh was given out obstructing the field 😳pic.twitter.com/QLK93LXN2i — CricTracker (@Cricketracker) February 3, 2024 Talking about the match, the England team scored 237 runs after losing 7 wickets in 50 overs. Charlie Ellison scored 76 runs while Haydon Mustard contributed 41 runs. Theo Wylie played a valuable inning of 61 runs. In reply, Zimbabwe was all out for 91 runs and England U19 won the match by 146 runs. For Zimbabwe, Panashe Taruvinga played a valuable inning of 38 runs while Campbell Macmillian scored 10 runs. Apart from these two players, no other batsman from the team could cross the 10-run mark. Tajim Ali took 7 wickets for England. Top-5 bowlers who took most wickets against India in test format 4 Indian players who scored a double century in test cricket at the youngest age These batsmen have scored more runs in IPL than MS Dhoni. Australia Cricket Awards 2024: Know which player won which award? Those 5 legendary batsmen who could never score a century in IPL 5 Indian batsmen who have made the highest score in Test cricket against England IND vs ENG: See Team India’s playing XI for the second test match IPL 2024: These franchises got a big blow, these star players were out..! These 5 teams have won the most test matches on Indian soil Players who scored the most runs while opening for India in Tests
Removing KL Rahul as wicketkeeper in Test cricket may prove costly for India.
KL Rahul can play an important role with batting as well as wicketkeeping. KL Rahul (Pic Source-Twitter) Experienced wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul recently performed well in the Test series against South Africa. In the unavailability of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul batted very well at number 6 and his wicketkeeping was also excellent. However, the team management does not want to put too much workload on KL Rahul in the Test series against England. A BCCI source told Times of India that the team management is backing KL Rahul only as a batsman. However, KL Rahul can play an important role along with batting as well as wicketkeeping. Today we will tell you about three main reasons why the team management should not remove KL Rahul from the post of wicketkeeper in the upcoming England Test series. 1- KL Rahul has a lot of experience in batting as well as wicketkeeping. KL-Rahul. (Photo Source: BCCI/Twitter) Apart from KL Rahul, the Indian team has included young players Dhruv Jurel and KS Bharat for the first and second Test. In 5 test matches, KS Bharat has scored only 129 runs at an average above 18. Not only this, his wicketkeeping has also not been so good. Talking about Dhruv Jurel, he does not have much experience of wicketkeeping in international cricket. In the unavailability of Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul can do wicketkeeping for the Indian team very well.