IND U19 vs AFG U19 | Twitter and Kundu relieved after mistake cost nine runs before coming down to five

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ByVenkateswaran N, SportsCafe Editor

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We have seen the ball hitting the helmet behind the wicketkeeper on rare occasions, but the ICC U19 World Cup semifinal game between India and Afghanistan had another twist added to it. The ball sailed to the boundary ropes after going through Abhigyan Kundu’s legs and hitting the helmet as well.

‌Afghanistan had a steady start after opting to bat against India in the semifinal of the U19 World Cup in Harare on Wednesday. The openers Osman Sadat and Khalid Ahmadzai put on 53 runs before number three Faisal Shinozada joined Sadat to steady the innings after the fall of Ahmadzai in the 13th over.

But courtesy of an interesting incident, a couple of overs later, a sedate match sprang back to life. With Deepesh Devendran bowling a short of a length delivery outside the off stump, Faisal got an underedge after attempting a full-blooded cut.

The ball bounced awkwardly in front of wicketkeeper Abhigyan Kundu, who put in a sloppy effort as the ball went through his legs. To his horror, the ball went and hit the helmet placed right behind him before racing to the boundary.

The umpires, after some initial confusion, awarded a boundary along with five penalty runs, which resulted in Afghanistan gaining nine bonus runs from a single legal delivery. This was a rare occurrence and questioned the existing cricketing notions in the minds of the cricket faithful.

But just as they were coming to terms with the newfound rule, the officials rightly confirmed that the ball would cost only five penalty runs, and the boundary was cancelled. Twitter was initially confused as the initial decision challenged their imagination before common sense prevailed.

5 runs!

Semi!

First wicket!

Haha!

Deepesh strike!

yeah!

Lol!

17!

Yeah

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