U19 World Cup 2024: Yesterday on 8 February, the second semi-final match of the ongoing ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played between Australia and Pakistan. Let us tell you that in this match Australia defeated Pakistan by 1 wicket in a very exciting manner.

In the second innings, Australia needed only 4 runs to win in the last over, while Pakistan needed only 1 wicket. However, during this time something happened due to which this match slipped from the hands of Pakistan like sand.

Pakistan lost because of this mistake

Let us tell you that during this final match, Pakistani captain Saad Baig was seen setting the field too much, due to which his team fell one over short of bowling the over in the stipulated time. Pakistan team had to finish the over in the stipulated time, but they finished it till the 49th over.

After which, due to ICC’s slow over rate rule, he had to bring a player inside the radius of 30 yards. After this, the player standing on the final leg came within the range of 30 yards, and when Raf McMillan’s shot on the first ball by Mohammed Zeeshan in the 50th over took the edge of the bat and went towards the final leg, it would have been only 1 run instead of a four. . If this final leg fielder had not come in.

It is noteworthy that ICC had implemented the slow over rate rule in the beginning of the year 2022. According to this rule, if a team is not able to bowl the entire quota of overs within the stipulated time, then during the number of overs left after the end of time, it will be able to field one less fielder outside the 30-yard circle.

Ion Bishop, who was commentating during the semi-final match between Australia and Pakistan, was saying that if Pakistan had followed the rules, there could have been one more fielder on the boundary line.