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PAK vs AUS: Ball in right hand and stumping with left, under what influence was the umpire? Look at the dishonesty of Pakistan

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Pakistan openly committed dishonesty New Delhi: Pakistan is infamous for foul play on the cricket field. Pakistani umpires also help their players a lot in this. Babar Azam was outright LBW during the first T20 International match against Australia. Even after this the third umpire was giving not out. The TV director had to tell…

Ronit Sharma

By Ronit Sharma
Feb 03, 2026, 2:02 PM IST

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PAK vs AUS: Ball in right hand and stumping with left, under what influence was the umpire? Look at the dishonesty of Pakistan

Pakistan openly committed dishonesty
New Delhi: Pakistan is infamous for foul play on the cricket field. Pakistani umpires also help their players a lot in this. Babar Azam was outright LBW during the first T20 International match against Australia. Even after this the third umpire was giving not out. The TV director had to tell him the rules in between, after which Babar Azam returned to the pavilion. Now in the third T20 International match between the two teams, Pakistan openly committed foul play and was also caught.

Khawaja Nafe stumped

left arm spinner of pakistan Mohammad Nawaz Cooper Connolly was stumped on the ball. On the 5th ball of the 14th over, Connolly went ahead and tried to play a shot. After falling outside the off stump, the ball turned sharply towards the leg stump and Connolly missed. Wicketkeeper Khawaja Nafe caught the ball on the leg side and dropped the bails. cooper connolly He could not even come inside the crease and the umpire declared him out.

Even the umpire couldn’t see

Khawaja Nafe caught the ball with both hands. He was away from the wicket and that is why the bails fell from his left hand. But the ball was not in his hand. The ball was in Nafe’s right hand. From the on-field umpire to the third umpire, no one could see this. The umpire declared Cooper Connolly out and he had to return to the pavilion without opening his account.

What do ICC rules say?

According to ICC rules, Cooper Connolly was not out but even then he had to return. According to ICC rule 29.2.1, a wicket is deemed to have fallen if a bail is completely removed or the stump falls from the hand or arm of the fielder. During this, the ball should be in the same hand in which the bail or stump has fallen.