- A scoring error cost the Jharkhand women’s U19 team the quarter-finals of the T20 Championship. The run-out attempt to complete two failed to yield a first point and Jharkhand eventually lost to Uttarakhand by a point. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins. after the dismissal of Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023 Jharkhand were chasing 135, 127 for 7 at the start of the final and needed eight more runs to win.
- They scored three runs off the first three balls, reducing the equation to five runs required off three deliveries.
- The turning point came in the fourth game when Lakshmi Kumari’s exit while trying to score a second point led to an error by the official scorers.
A scoring error cost the Jharkhand women’s U19 team the quarter-finals of the T20 Championship. The run-out attempt to complete two failed to yield a first point and Jharkhand eventually lost to Uttarakhand by a point. The three that matter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah are all smiling after dismissing Pat Cummins. after the dismissal of Pat Cummins, India vs Australia, World Cup, Chennai, October 8, 2023 Jharkhand were chasing 135, 127 for 7 at the start of the final and needed eight more runs to win.
They scored three runs off the first three balls, reducing the equation to five runs required off three deliveries. The turning point came in the fourth game when Lakshmi Kumari’s exit while trying to score a second point led to an error by the official scorers. Jharkhand had been on a run before the dismissal.
However, the scorers only recorded the run-out and failed to credit the completed run, leaving Jharkhand needing five balls instead of four from the last two balls on the official scoreboard. Uttarakhand then bowled a long delivery, reducing the target from two balls to four. Another run-out as the batters attempted a second run left Jharkhand needing three runs before the last toss with one wicket left, according to the official score.
But in reality there were only two. Jharkhand failed to complete the chase and suffered another run-out while attemng a second run on the last ball. They were awarded a point, but the scoring error proved crucial: the official result showed Uttarakhand winning by one point, while a correct recording of the point scored with the fourth ball would have resulted in the score being level.
The defeat ended Jharkhand’s campaign with their first pearance in the round of 16 of the Under-19 Women’s (Elite) competition. “This was the first time that Jharkhand qualified for the U19 women’s team knockout stage, so the result is extremely dispointing,” said head coach Jaskaran Singh. “If it was a championship game, the situation could have been different.
Tournaments like this are extremely important, especially for players. “We hope that this matter will be investigated so that we can avoid such mistakes again. We even had the team review the video of the final before filing a complaint and it was very clear that the scorers had made a mistake.
We immediately brought this to the attention of the match referee, Anupa Narvekar, after the presentation. Uttarakhand run-out failed in its attempt to complete two innings and Jharkhand eventually lost by one run to Uttarakhand.
