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Tilak Varma Suffers Bizarre Run Out After Mistaking Ball For Boundary
- •Tilak Varma was involved in a bizarre run-out during the third T20I against the West Indies in Indore.
- •Both Tilak and his partner Axar Patel assumed a shot off Gudakesh Motie had reached the boundary and stopped running to chat and celebrate.
- •West Indies players kept the ball in play, and the third umpire confirmed Tilak was short of his crease when the bails were removed.
- •Head coach Gautam Gambhir appeared visibly frustrated in the dugout following the comical dismissal.
- •Similar bizarre run-out incidents have previously occurred in international cricket involving players like Ian Bell and Azhar Ali.
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Tilak Varma and his partner Axar Patel mistakenly believed a shot had gone for a boundary and stopped running to chat and fist-bump. The West Indies team capitalized on the live ball, and the third umpire confirmed Tilak was short of his crease when the bails were dislodged.
During the 2011 India-England Test match, Ian Bell left his crease for tea believing a shot had crossed the boundary while the ball remained in play. Although the run-out was legally valid, Indian captain MS Dhoni famously withdrew the appeal to allow Bell to resume his innings.
During the 2018 Test match between Pakistan and Australia, Azhar Ali edged a delivery and assumed it reached the boundary, walking up-pitch to chat. Mitchell Starc stopped the ball inside the rope and threw it to Tim Paine, who ran Azhar out since the ball was still live.
