WATCH: Paine nearly appeals for Rahul handling the ball

Dixit Bhargav | 08/12/2018
Paine nearly appeals for Rahul handling the ball

Paine nearly appeals for Rahul handling the ball: The Australian captain’s actions spoke highly about his frustration.

During the third day of the first Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Adelaide, Australia captain and wicket-keeper Tim Paine nearly appealed against India batsman Lokesh Rahul handling the ball.

Having said that, Paine seemed to controlled his instincts in time. Had he done it, he would have accumulated a significant amount of criticism from all round the globe, something which Australian cricket needs the least at this point in time.

It all happened on the fourth delivery of the 18th over when Rahul defended a Nathan Lyon delivery from the crease. As batsmen usually do in Test cricket, Rahul himself held the ball in his hand to throw it back to the bowler.

Paine, who had himself stepped forward to pick the ball, didn’t seem to pleased with Rahul picking the ball himself.

Going by the rules of the game, a batsman is not allowed to pick/stop the ball with his hand. However, batsmen mostly do it when there isn’t any intention of taking a run. While this regularly happens in good spirit and mutual understanding, the fielding doesn’t appeal for it.

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Talking of Rahul, the Indian out-of-form batsman was looking to force the issue and became the victim of the same as he played a rash shot to get out. In which was yet another case of throwing his wicket after getting a start, he ended up scoring 44 (67) with the help of three fours and a six.

With India having built a lead in excess of 100 runs, they will be looking to gain on this advantage by ruling Australia out of the match in this innings itself.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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