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On Tuesday, May 28, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) secured a comfortable six-wicket win against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow to seal the second spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 standings. While the match had its own moments, one of them was Digvesh Rathi’s mankad attempt to stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma.
The incident occurred in the 17th over, which was Digvesh Rathi’s final over in the match. Coming out to bowl the final delivery of the over, Rathi tried to run-out Jitesh Sharma, who was looking to take the side home with a brilliant partnership with Mayank Agarwal. Although, Jitesh was out of the crease when the stumps were broken, the third umpire announced it to be not out. “The bowler has completed his delivery stride and passed the popping crease,” the third umpire announced.
Virat Kohli fumes in anger after Digvesh Rathi’s mankad attempt in LSG vs RCB; video goes viral
Although, Rishabh Pant brought in his sportsmanship gesture and withdrew from the appeal, Rathi dropped a stern reaction to this. Seeing the incident unfold, RCB’s senior pro, Virat Kohli was also seen visibly disappointed on the Delhi-boy’s actions. Watching the incident from the dressing room, Kohli seemed annoyed and was caught on camera furiously reacting on the same. He even hurled a water bottle in frustration.
Watch Virat Kohli’s reaction on Digvesh Rathi’s mankad attempt:
It is to be noted that before this incident, on the first ball itself, Rathi had an opportunity to dismiss the wicketkeeper-batter. As Jitesh attempted a reverse sweep off the first ball, it went straight into the hands of Ayush Badoni at point. Rathi, seemed jovial and brought in his trademark celebration, but his celebrations were short lived as the umpire re-checked and found it to be a no-ball.
According to IPL's Playing Conditions - 38.3.1 - "If the non-striker is out of his/her ground at any time from the moment the ball comes into play until the instant when the bowler would normally have been expected to release the ball, the non-striker is liable to be Run out by the bowler attempting to run him/her out. In these circumstances, the non- striker will be out Run out if he/she is out of his/her ground when his/her wicket is broken by the bowler throwing the ball at the wicket or by the bowler’s hand holding the ball, whether or not the ball is subsequently delivered."
