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The incident took place during the 19th over of the Bangladesh Premier League match, which was played between Rangpur Riders and Fortune Barishal in Sylhet on Thursday.
Mahedi Hasan was declared out after non-striker Nurul Hasan was found guilty of obstructing the field during BPL match played on January 9. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
Nurul Hasan hammered 30 runs in the final over on Thursday (January 9) to seal a famous three-wicket win for Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League match played against Fortune Barishal at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet. He hammered Kyle Mayers for 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, and 6 runs when Riders needed 26 runs to win from six balls.
But before his batting heroics, he was involved in a controversial run out of his teammate. The incident took place on the fourth ball of the 19th over of the run chase, which was bowled by Jahandad Khan. Mahedi Hasan was adjudged out for obstructing the field by Nurul.
While facing Jahandad’s delivery, Mahedi tried to play a slap shot but mistimed it, after which the ball went up in the air and dropped mid-pitch. The bowler tried to take a catch, and Nurul, standing at the non-striker’s end, ran for a single.
Nurul changed his direction instead of running in a straight line and had a mild collision with Jahandad. Having failed to complete the catch, Jahandad appealed, and the umpires referred the decision.
After taking a close look, the TV umpire adjudged Mahedi out. The decision was by Law 37.3.1, which reads, “If the delivery is not a no-ball, the striker is out obstructing the field if wilful obstruction or distraction by either batter prevents the striker from being out caught.”
Mahedi, being the striker in this case, was given out. Mahedi had to return to the dressing room without scoring a run off one ball. While talking about the incident later, Nurul said, “I was trying to take a run. He just came in front of me. I didn’t change my way. I didn’t have any intention to obstruct the bowler. The umpire informed us that whoever was the striker in that instance would be declared out.”
The decision did not matter much for Rangpur Riders as they clinched a last-ball win against Fortune Barishal.