Avesh Khan: The IPL 2026 is just a week old and it has already become controversial. During the match between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), LSG captain Rishabh Pant hit the penultimate ball of the 20th over by SRH bowler Jaydev Unadkat for a likely four. Shockingly, the next batsman in line Avesh Khan who was standing near the boundary line hit the ball with his bat before it had reached the boundary. However, neither the umpires nor the SRH team complained against it.
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Under Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Law 20.4.2, the delivery could have been termed as a dead ball by the umpires because of interference in play by an individual from outside the field of play. In other words, the four runs that contributed to LSG’s victory over SRH would have been nullified if team SRH or umpires had objected it to as a dead ball. In other words, the ball would then have to be rebowled with the equation for Lucknow Super Giants still at one run needed in two balls.
Many cricket experts believe that a breach was not called as there was no player from SRH near the boundary line. Secondly, the action of Avesh Khan didn’t prevented nay SRH fielder from stopping the cricket ball before it could have reached the boundary mark.
Match Summary
Batting first, SRH scored 156 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their 20 overs. Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan flopped yet again. However, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Heinrich Klassen had other plans and scored at a robust pace.
In reply, LSG started good with openers Aiden Markram and Mitchell Marsh scoring at a blistering pace before Rishabh Pant emerged and scored 68 runs off just 50 balls with 9 fours.
