Hashmatullah Shahidi feels umpire had to signal no ball due to India’s fielding mistake

India and Afghanistan will face one another within the 09th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Wednesday, October 11 on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After electing to bat first, Afghanistan have been lowered to 63/3 after Rahmanullah Gurbaz (21 of 28), Ibrahim Zadran (22 of 28) and Rahmat Shah (16 of twenty-two) returned cheaply.

After the early three wickets fell, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi got here into the center and joined in an enormous partnership with Azmatullah Omarzai. During his knock, he additionally used his presence of thoughts to attain free hits throughout his 22^Ra This over of the innings was bowled by Ravindra Jadeja.

On the primary ball of the over, the Afghanistan captain tried to hit an enormous hit, however the ball hit the highest fringe of his bat and went in direction of third man for the boundary. As quickly as he bought the boundary, Shahidi instantly went to speak to on-field umpire Michael Gough. He knowledgeable him that India had 5 fielders outdoors the 30-yard circle through the 11, as a substitute of the suitable restrict of 4.^th – 40^th Above.

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Therefore, the umpire instantly declared the primary ball a no-ball and signaled a free hit. However, Shahidi couldn’t benefit from the free hit and whereas attempting to hit an enormous shot, he was caught at mid-off and stole a single.

Watch the incident right here:

Shahidi was the highest scorer for his crew

Shahidi and Umarzai (62 off 69) made an enormous partnership of 121 runs off 127 balls for the fourth wicket to get their crew out of bother. Notably, it was the second highest stand for Afghanistan in World Cup historical past. Their partnership was damaged by Hardik Pandya who uprooted Umarzai’s stumps on the rating of 35.^th Above.

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Shahidi continued his innings on the different finish and scored 80 (88) with the assistance of eight fours and a six. His innings was ended by Kuldeep Yadav, who trapped him in entrance of the stumps whereas trying a reverse sweep. After Shahidi’s dismissal, Afghanistan’s rating after 43 overs was 225/5.