Vikrant Shekhawat : May 13, 2024, 06:00 AM
Ravindra Jadeja: Chennai Super Kings defeated Rajasthan Royals by 5 wickets. With this victory, CSK team has kept its hopes alive for the playoffs. In the match against Rajasthan Royals, star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was given out under the Obstructing the Field rule. He has become the third player overall to cause obstruction in the field in IPL. Let us know what is the Obstructing the Field rule and how players get out in it.Ravindra Jadeja outAvesh Khan bowled the 16th over of the innings of Chennai Super Kings. On the fifth ball of this over, Ravindra Jadeja played a stroke towards third man. On this, Jadeja and Ruturaj Gaikwad easily completed one run. But Jadeja had reached half the pitch to take the second run. Then when the third man fielder threw the ball towards Sanju Samson and Jadeja saw that the ball was in the wicketkeeper's hands, he gave up his intention of taking runs and started running back. After this, when Sanju Samson threw the ball to run out, it hit Jadeja. But while running he changed his direction. Due to which the umpire gave him out for obstructing the field.Outs given under this ruleAccording to MCC rule 37.1.14, if the umpire feels that the batsman has changed his direction without probable cause while running between the wickets and the fielder is in trouble, he can run the batsman out. The umpire can then, on appeal, give the batsman out for obstructing the field. Then it does not matter whether the batsman is run out or not. Under this rule, Ravindra Jadeja has been given out by the umpire. Jadeja was not happy after being given out under the obstructing the field rule.Playoff hopes are aliveAfter winning the match against Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings team has gained one place. The team has 14 points with 7 wins in 13 matches. CSK team has reached third position in the points table. CSK's net run rate is 0.528. CSK has one match left in the current IPL, which it has to play against RCB.