{"id":9259,"date":"2025-10-05T20:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T14:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=643816"},"modified":"2025-10-05T21:30:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T16:00:50","slug":"muneeba-ali-run-out-controversy-explained-why-pakistan-opener-was-given-out-despite-making-her-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/muneeba-ali-run-out-controversy-explained-why-pakistan-opener-was-given-out-despite-making-her-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Muneeba Ali run-out controversy explained: Why Pakistan opener was given out despite making her ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a dramatic moment during the India vs Pakistan<\/a> ICC Women\u2019s World Cup<\/a> 2025 clash in Colombo<\/a><\/strong>, opener Muneeba Ali<\/strong> was controversially ruled run out<\/strong> after what initially appeared to be a safe return to her crease.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred when Kranti Gaud delivered a full ball that hit Muneeba on the pads. India went up for a loud LBW appeal, but as confusion ensued, Deepti Sharma<\/a>\u2019s direct hit caught Muneeba seemingly unaware. The third umpire was called in, and replays revealed a fine margin \u2014 Muneeba had made her ground but momentarily lifted her bat<\/strong> when the ball hit the stumps.<\/p>\n

After a lengthy review<\/a>, the third umpire ruled her out<\/strong>, triggering frustration from the Pakistan<\/a> camp and a conversation between captain Fatima Sana and the fourth umpire.<\/p>\n

Why was Muneeba Ali given out?<\/h3>\n

According to Law 30.1.1 of the MCC Laws of Cricket<\/a><\/strong>, a batter is out of her ground unless part of her bat or body is grounded behind the popping crease<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, Law 30.1.2<\/strong> provides an exception \u2014 if the batter has already run or dived into the crease<\/strong> and then loses contact, she is still considered safe.<\/p>\n

In this case, Muneeba wasn\u2019t running or diving<\/strong>; she was stationary after settling into her stance. Since her bat was in the air when the ball struck the stumps<\/strong>, she was technically out of her ground \u2014 and therefore, out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, replays later showed that the ball would have hit the stumps<\/strong> had India reviewed for LBW, meaning she could have been out either way.<\/p>\n

The dismissal sparked immediate debate, with several experts calling it \u201cunlucky but correct by the laws\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 a rare situation where the technical interpretation of cricket\u2019s laws outweighed the spirit of the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a dramatic moment during the India vs Pakistan ICC Women\u2019s World Cup 2025 clash in Colombo, opener Muneeba Ali\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4057],"class_list":["post-9259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-top-stories"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}