In the last over of the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants, ace pacer Harshal Patel tried to run out Ravi Bishnoi, who was a long way from his crease, even though he wasn’t on strike. The spinner left the crease too soon. If Patel had followed the rules during his attempt, Bishnoi would have been out, and the match would have been decided in the Super Over.
But Harsha Bhogle shut down the critics of the non-run-out striker’s law by bringing up the incident on his Twitter account. In the past, many English and Australian cricketers have said that it goes against the “Spirit of the game.” However, Harsha Bhogle poked fun at them in a tweet this time by saying that only a fool would be against the idea.
“Bishnoi left his crease before it was time. Anyone still saying that you shouldn’t run out the non-striker?” Harsha Bhogle questioned.
Ben Stokes, the captain of England’s Test team, replied quickly and suggested changing the rules so that the batting team would lose six runs if the non-striker left his crease early. Stokes said that this would put an end to all the arguments and stop the unfair advantage.
“Did you think, Harsha? Umpires’ choice: six penalty runs if it’s clear the player left the crease early to get an unfair advantage? “That would stop batters from doing it without all the fuss,” Stokes said.
Later, Harsha Bhogle said that he is happy to hear Stokes’ point of view and would love to talk to him about the same thing. The cricket expert also wished Stokes, who is currently out of action, a speedy recovery.
“I’m glad to hear your point of view, Ben. If you have a few minutes, you could come watch me play a game in Chennai. And I hope you get better soon so you can play again,” the 61-year-old said.
Lucknow, on the other hand, beat Bangalore by one wicket to get their third win of the IPL 2023 season. Even so, the team management will be worried about KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda’s form before their next game against Punjab Kings.
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