Dasun Shanaka was given not out in the Super Over against India in the Super Fours contest in Dubai, despite being clearly outside the crease when the stumps were broken.

The Sri Lankan was adjudged to have nicked the fourth ball of the Super Over to Samson, with the standing umpire raising his finger upon Arshdeep’s appeal.

The Sri Lankan batter attempted to run a bye but the non-striker wasn’t interested. Sanju Samson’s underarm throw from behind the wicket caught Shanaka clearly short of his crease.

But, since the standing umpire gave the batter out caught behind, Sri Lanka’s review was checked by the third umpire following which it was decided that the ball had made no contact with the bat.

According to the rules, the ball is considered dead as soon as the on-field umpire gives a batter out in the middle and since the decision was overturned, any action following the wicket, including the run out is considered void.

Rule 20.1.1.3 says that a ball is considered dead when the batter is dismissed. “The ball will be deemed to be dead from the instant of the incident causing the dismissal,” it reads.

Also, rule 3.7.1 states: If following a Player Review request, an original decision of Out is changed to Not out, then the ball is still deemed to have become dead when the original decision was made (as per clause 20.1.1.3).

Therefore, despite being well short of his crease, Shanaka’s run out had to be reversed. The batter, however, fell off the very next ball restricting Sri Lanka to 2 for 2 in the Super Over.

Published on Sep 27, 2025