Six or out; In this dilemma, the game was stopped, ten minutes passed like this. At last the solution was found, although no one could be sure. The umpire declared Mushfiqur Rahim out from a kind of assumption. Although the replay on BCB's YouTube channel showed that Mushfiqur was not out, Abu Haider Roni's foot touched the boundary rope despite taking a great catch.

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April 25, 2024

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Mushfiqur is also out with a six

Six or out; In this dilemma, the game was stopped, ten minutes passed like this. At last the solution was found, although no one could be sure. The umpire declared Mushfiqur Rahim out from a kind of assumption. Although the replay on BCB's YouTube channel showed that Mushfiqur was not out, Abu Haider Roni's foot touched the boundary rope despite taking a great catch.

It can be said that Mushfiqur got out even after hitting a six. This incident took place in the match between Mohammedan Sporting Club and Prime Bank Cricket Club in the Super League phase of Dhaka Premier League at Mirpur Sher Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

Prime Bank was batting against a big target of 318 runs given by Mohammedan, then the game lasted 33.4 overs. Mushfiqur pulled the spinner Naeem Hasan's delivery outside the off-stump. Abu Haider, the Mohammedan pacer at deep mid-wicket, took a catch with great skill by jumping a lot. At this time his foot touched the boundary rope, though he noticed it. He got up and started running, Abu Haider shouted with joy.

Mohammedan's wicket celebration begins. Mushfiq who scored 10 runs off 12 balls walked on the way to the dressing room thinking he was out. But after a while he was stopped by the field umpire, he kept waiting inside the boundary. Zakir JC, the first-time umpire in the Premier League, and AIM Moniruzzaman, another on-field umpire, were talking to each other.

A few minutes passed like this, then Moniruzzaman moved towards Mushfiqur Rahim. They talk for a while. At that time, the Prime Bank cricketers, who were just outside the boundary, were saying something to the umpires after repeatedly watching the replay of the catch from BCB's YouTube channel. Experienced opener Tamim Iqbal was also watching the scene on phone.

There is no third umpire in the Premier League and no TV replay. So there is no responsible person in any venue to scrutinize specific incidents and make decisions. Many times speculative decisions are made. Mushfiq is the victim of this. Abu Haider's foot touched the boundary rope with the catch but he had to return out.

Since technology is not used, how are these cases decided? In response to such a question, the referee of this match, Rokibul Hasan, said, "Premier League match which is being telecast on BCB channel, is not a TV telecast. In these cases what the fielder is saying is heard. The decision taken by the umpire after talking to the fielder is final.