Super Over Chaos! Caught Behind, Run out – Yet Dasun Shanka Not Out, Here’s why

Sandy Verma

Tezzbuzz|27-09-2025

New Delhi: The dead Rubber Between India and Sri Lanka Turned Out to Be the Most Exciting Match of this Asia Cup. After Posting 202/5, India LOKED SET For Victory, But Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera Pushed The Bowlers to the Limit, Taking the Contest into a super over in dubai.

Sri Lanka Batted first in the super over, but what unfolded on the fourth delivery was something new for cricket fans – enough to make them reag for the rule book.

Dasun Shanka was given out Caught Behind on a Near-Peerfect Yorker by Arshdeep Singh. Shanaka, however, decided to review. Ultraedge Showed No Bat-Ball Contact, Overturning The Caught-Behind Dismissal.

AMID The Caught-Behind appeal, shanaka unexpectedly dashed for a run. Wicketkeaper sanju samson reacted instantly, sending down an underm-Arm Direct-Hit Throw to the Stumps. India Erupted In Celebration, Convinced The Batter was out Regardless.

Since the original decision was being reviewed, the ball was considered dead. Umpire Gazi Sohel Clarified to India that the first decision stands, and with the ball dead, Shanka Escapes Being Run Out.

The decision may see seem puzzling, but it is firmly grown in the mcc’s laws of cricket: once a batter is declared out, the ball is immediatily dead. Even if that dismissal is laater overturned via DRS, no additional mode of dismissal can be applied on the same delivery.

India’s Fielders were left visible confused, while umpire sohel took extra time to clear the law.

Sri Lanka Managed Just Two Runs in the Super Over, Leaving India with a Modest Target that they comfortably Chased Down.

The incident is likely to reign For now, Shanaka’s Escape Came Down to Nothing more than a technicality.