{"id":9965,"date":"2025-12-11T20:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=670326"},"modified":"2025-12-11T20:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:58:34","slug":"ind-vs-sa-2nd-t20i-why-quinton-de-kock-was-given-run-out-and-not-stumped-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-sa-2nd-t20i-why-quinton-de-kock-was-given-run-out-and-not-stumped-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs SA 2nd T20I: Why Quinton de Kock was given run-out and not stumped? Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"364\">Quinton de Kock\u2019s dismissal in the 2nd T20I raised quick confusion among fans, as many expected it to be given <strong data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"315\">stumped<\/strong>, but the umpires correctly ruled it <strong data-start=\"352\" data-end=\"363\">run-out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"844\">The incident happened when Varun Chakaravarthy bowled a flatter ball outside off, de Kock under-edged it, and the ball bounced once before swinging backward into Jitesh Sharma\u2019s gloves. De Kock instinctively stepped out of his crease\u2014<strong data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"624\">not to play the ball<\/strong>, but because he thought there was a run available after the mis-hit. However, the ball unexpectedly deflected back towards the keeper, who collected it cleanly and broke the stumps with de Kock still outside the crease.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"976\">Because de Kock had shown <strong data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"892\">intention to run<\/strong>, even momentarily, the law automatically classifies it as <strong data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"962\">run-out<\/strong>, not stumped.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"1045\"><strong data-start=\"987\" data-end=\"1043\">ICC Rule Explanation (Why it\u2019s Run-Out, Not Stumped)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1118\">According to <strong data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1117\">ICC Men\u2019s T20I Playing Conditions \u2013 Law 38.1 (Run Out)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1120\" data-end=\"1245\">\n<p data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1245\"><strong data-start=\"1122\" data-end=\"1245\">A batter is run out if, while the ball is in play, they are out of their ground and attempt or feign an attempt to run.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1293\">And ICC Law <strong data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1277\">39.1 (Stumped)<\/strong> clearly states:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1295\" data-end=\"1454\">\n<p data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1454\"><strong data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1388\">A stumping is only valid if the batter is out of their ground without attempting a run.<\/strong><br data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1391\" \/>If there is an attempt to run, the dismissal becomes run-out.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 data-start=\"1461\" data-end=\"1495\"><strong data-start=\"1465\" data-end=\"1495\">What happened in this case<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1902\">\n<li data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1578\">\n<p data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1578\">De Kock mis-hit the ball and <strong data-start=\"1528\" data-end=\"1555\">started to move forward<\/strong>, anticipating a run.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"1710\">\n<p data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1710\">His bat lifted and moved in motion towards the non-striker\u2019s end \u2014 <strong data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1672\">a clear feint to run<\/strong>, even if he aborted it immediately.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1711\" data-end=\"1797\">\n<p data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"1797\">The ball, after bouncing, unexpectedly curled back into the wicketkeeper\u2019s gloves.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1798\" data-end=\"1902\">\n<p data-start=\"1800\" data-end=\"1902\">Since de Kock was attempting a run (or feigning one), the only legal dismissal option was <strong data-start=\"1890\" data-end=\"1901\">run-out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"2034\">So\u2014even though Jitesh Sharma broke the stumps in a manner identical to a stumping\u2014<strong data-start=\"1986\" data-end=\"2033\">the batter\u2019s intent changed the law applied<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quinton de Kock\u2019s dismissal in the 2nd T20I raised quick confusion among fans, as many expected it to be given\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9965","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=9965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}