Controversy Surrounds Amelia Kerr’s Run Out in T20 World Cup
The match played between India and New Zealand in the Women’s T20 World Cup was in the news due to controversies. In this match, Amelia Kerr’s run out is very much in the news, due to which Team India captain Harmanpreet Kaur also clashed with the umpires. The umpires did not accept this runout and called Kerr to bat again. Now India’s batsman Jemima Rodrigues has put forth her point regarding this.
Indian team head coach Amol Majumdar also came to discuss with the third umpire regarding this and looked very angry. Regarding this controversy, Rodrigues has said that Kerr knew that she was out and she went out, but the umpires called her. Rodrigues said that the umpires’ decision is final, no one can do anything about it.
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Jemima Rodrigues Speak Out
After the match, Rodrigues said in the press conference that Kerr knew that she was out and that’s why she started going out. She said, “I was not there when the umpire gave the cap to Deepti. But the New Zealand team was sure that these were two runs and Amelia Kerr said that the over was not over. We also felt the same and we ran her out.”
She said, “Honestly, this is not in our control and we respect the umpire’s decision. But this was a very surprising decision because Kerr also knew that she was run out and that is why she started walking out.” The Ball became Dead when the Umpire handed over the cap to the Bowler (Deepti Sharma), that’s why Amelia Kerr was given not out
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What Led to the Decision
During New Zealand’s innings, Deepti Sharma was bowling the 14th over. Kerr took a run on the last ball of the over. She played a shot towards long off and ran to take a run. Harmanpreet Kaur standing there caught the ball but did not throw it. Meanwhile, Deepti took her cap back from the umpire, but in the meantime, Kerr ran for the second run. Seeing this, Harmanpreet declared her run out but the umpires called her back.
When the umpires did not declare Kerr out and called her back, Harmanpreet Kaur got very angry and went to argue with them. But it was of no use. The umpire called Kerr back because as soon as Deepti took the cap from the umpire, the ball became dead and after this the run out was invalid.
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