Follow UsA really comical instance occurred in the game between Punjab Kings and the Kolkata Knight Riders in Mullanpur when Xavier Bartlett misfielded in the eight over of KKR’s chase.
Venkatesh Iyer swept Yuzvendra Chahal to the deep square leg boundary on the fifth ball of the eighth over, and Bartlett ran to his left to pick up the ball with ease. He picked up the ball cleanly, but while throwing back, as he shaped to release it out of his hands, the ball slipped out of his hand and went to the boundary cushions right behind him.
As the batters Iyer and Angkrish Raghuvanshi had completed a run by the time the boundary happened, and the fielder was already throwing the ball, the umpire considered the misfield as an overthrow and gave it as five runs.
This was well within the laws of cricket prescribed by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) as according to clause 19.8, “If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the wilful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be 1) any runs for penalties awarded to either side 2) and the allowance for the boundary 3) and the runs completed by the batters, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.
In this instance, that collectively came to five runs as Bartlett was left ashen faced after the comical turn of events in the game. Although, Bartlett redeemed himself in the next over of Chahal when he caught out Raghuvanshi as KKR started collapsing like a pack of cards.