[nukkad] Tendulkar called back after given out

["Harshal Chhaya" <>]

>>From today's Grapevine news:

Tendulkar called back after given out
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 22 The Kinrara Oval here was the scene of a bizarre
occurence when Sachin Tendulkar was called back by the umpire
immediately after being given out. Tendulkar was given out caught
behind off his old nemesis Glenn McGrath after he had made only four
but television replays showed clearly that the ball had deflected from
the batsman's shoulder with the bat or the gloves nowhere near it.
Realising his mistake, umpire Mark Benson of England recalled
Tendulkar, who had started walking back dejectedly. Australian captain
Ricky Ponting was seen arguing with the umpire and later was also
involved in a banter with the Indian batsman. According to Law 27.9,
an umpire can alter his decision, provided it is done promptly.
However, Tendulkar could not capitalise on the slice of good fortune
as he was out caught by Mike Hussey at point off speedster Brett Lee
in the very next over on the same score. Interestingly, the Australian
innings earlier in the day had seen a similar incident. Wicketkeeper
Brad Haddin was initially adjudged run out only to be called back
after television replays showed that bowler Harbhajan Singh had broken
the stumps before he had the ball in his hand. That decision proved
crucial as Haddin scored a valuable 46 and, along with Brad Hogg (38),
took Australia to 213 to give the team something to defend.


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