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'It shouldn't be a wicket, but a 5-run penalty': Morgan's groundbreaking suggestion for run out at non-striker's end

By, New Delhi
Apr 14, 2023 07:39 AM IST

Former KKR captain Eoin Morgan had an out-of-the-box suggestion, days after Harshal Patel attempted the dismissal against LSG.

Controversy erupted in IPL 2023 last week when Royal Challengers Bangalore's Harshal Patel attempted a run Ravi Bishnoi out at the non-striker's end during the final over of the run-chase against Lucknow Super Giants. Harshal couldn't dislodge the bail but had he succeeded in doing so, RCB would've tied the game and forced a Super Over. A run out at the non-striker's end is still considered a rather controversial form of dismissal, even after it was legitimized by the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Harshal Patel (IPL)
Harshal Patel (IPL)

A day after the game between RCB and LSG, Ben Stokes, the current English Test captain, opined that a six-run penalty should be imposed if a batter is caught backing up. Morgan does agree with scrapping the dismissal away, but says it should be a five-run penalty. “Umpires discretion.. 6 penalty runs if obviously trying to gain unfair advantage by leaving crease early? Would stop batters doing it without all the controversy,” Stokes wrote on his official Twitter profile.

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Former England and Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan has now reacted to Stokes' suggestion in a media interaction; while he agreed in principle with the English all-rounder, Morgan stated that it should be a five-run penalty instead of six.

“I agree in principle. I don't think it should be a wicket. A wicket has too much impact in the game. I think six is too many, 5 is the answer. If you need one to win, it's a prime example of somebody leaving the crease early, then they need 6 to win. If they needed more than 1 to win, the game is dead until the bowler bowls a no ball or a wide,” Morgan, who is an expert for Jio Cinema for the IPL, told Hindustan Times.

Earlier, the former KKR captain had stated that it would've been a “pitch invasion” had Harshal succeeded in running Bishnoi out.

“Not for one moment, do I think it was a conscious effort. Harshal Patel was running in and must have been in shock to see how far away he (Bishnoi was) and missed the run-out,” Morgan said on Jio Cinema.

“But if he had run him out, there would have been a pitch invasion. It would have been Kohli-Gambhir gloves off.”

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