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Umpiring howler goes unnoticed! Reiffel, Knights miss crucial strike-rotation error

By · Via Times of India · Published by Everything Blog

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The officiating error occurred when Axar Patel took a single off the final delivery of the 14th over, but play resumed with Shreyas Iyer taking strike against bowler Kristian Clarke. Despite this administrative blunder by on-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Wayne Knights, India recovered to post 209 runs thanks to matching 46-run contributions from Axar and Ishan Kishan. India then dismissed New Zealand for 187, sealing both the match and the overall series victory.

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NEW DELHI: An unusual umpiring error went unnoticed during the fifth ODI between India and New Zealand at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Sunday, with both on-field umpires and the third umpire seemingly missing a mistake involving the strike rotation after a drinks break.

The incident occurred at the end of the 14th over of India's innings when Axar Patel took a single off Blair Tickner's bowling. However, when play resumed after the scheduled drinks break, it was

Shreyas Iyer who took strike at the beginning of the 15th over instead of Axar.

The mix-up went unnoticed by on-field umpires

Paul Reiffel and

Wayne Knights, while the third umpire also did not intervene to correct the apparent error.

According to the ball-by-ball commentary, Axar took the single on the final delivery of the 14th over, which should have put him on strike for the next over. However, Kristian Clarke bowled the first delivery of the 15th over to Iyer, who defended it without scoring.

The game continued without the officials addressing the apparent strike-rotation mistake.

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