Asia Cup: Jayasuriya hails Abhishek; slams loophole in cricket law after Super Over drama

TimesofIndia.com successful Dubai: Sri Lanka caput manager Sanath Jayasuriya praised Abhishek Sharma and Pathum Nissanka, portion questioning the "grey areas" successful cricket aft a arguable Super Over incidental successful the past Super Four lucifer of the Asia Cup."Abhishek Sharma is playing his earthy game, and they person encouraged him to play his earthy game. That's the key, due to the fact that if idiosyncratic is playing naturally, we request to promote him to proceed that," Jayasuriya told reporters aft the match."But whenever helium wants to dilatory down, helium knows however to bash that arsenic well. After six overs, if helium wants to bat longer, he’s managing it. Day by day, he’s getting acquisition and batting truly well.

The bully happening is that the coaching unit has fixed him the licence to play his earthy game. That's the key," helium added.Abhishek scored a blazing 61, astir cancelled retired by Pathum Nissanka, whose 107 disconnected 58 balls brought Sri Lanka adjacent to victory."I deliberation Pathum played a superb innings to get that total, but unfortunately, helium got retired connected the archetypal shot of the past over. That was a spot unfortunate. But close done those 20 overs, helium batted truly good to get 100 and enactment 202 runs connected the board.

Unfortunately, his dismissal successful the past implicit proved to beryllium the turning point," helium said.Jayasuriya besides explained wherefore centurion Pathum Nissanka didn’t bat successful the Super Over."He was carrying a hamstring wounded during the past 2 games and we were a small disquieted astir him," helium revealed.The Super Over ControversyIn the Super Over, play unfolded with a bizarre incident.

Arshdeep Singh

struck connected the archetypal ball, dismissing

Kusal Perera

. On the 4th delivery,

Dasun Shanaka

missed, and

Sanju Samson

pouched it cleanly arsenic Arshdeep appealed for caught behind.

The umpire raised his digit contempt nary edge, adjacent arsenic Samson threw down the stumps for a run-out. Sri Lanka argued the shot was dormant erstwhile the caught-behind determination was given, and the umpire agreed, overturning the run-out. It mattered little, arsenic Shanaka fell connected the precise adjacent ball."I deliberation that’s conscionable the rules. According to the rules, if you entreaty for the catch, past Dasun had to spell by the 3rd umpire’s call. The archetypal determination ever counts, not the 2nd one.

So helium went for the replay, and it was not out. That’s what happened. But I deliberation determination are a fewer areas from this crippled that volition request reappraisal to fine-tune the rules," Jayasuriya said.Here’s what regularisation 20.1.1.3 of the regularisation publication says: “The shot is dormant erstwhile a batter is dismissed. The shot volition beryllium deemed to beryllium dormant from the instant of the incidental causing the dismissal.”This meant that contempt the batter being intelligibly tally out, the shot was deemed dormant the infinitesimal Sanju completed the drawback and the umpire gave it out.