Team India’s all-rounder Hardik Pandya dismissal during the second ODI at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata triggered confusion when the batsman’s mishit went straight to covers. Pandya began walking towards the dressing room, not realising that it was a no-ball as the rain also came in to add to the drama.
Australian skipper Steve Smith, seeing a run-out opportunity, threw the ball to bowler Kane Richardson, who dislodged the bails with Pandya nowhere in sight. The Australian players, including Smith, appealed for a run-out but the umpires, after some deliberation, decided the ball was dead by the time the visiting team claimed a run out.
Eventually, Pandya came back to the middle, alongside Bhuvneshwar Kumar, after the rain break with India at 237 for six in 46.4 overs.
