Varun chakravarthy dead ball: In the last Super-4 match of Asia Cup 2025, Team India targeted a 203 runs to win in front of Sri Lanka.

In response, there was amazing batting from Sri Lanka. Pathum Nisanka and Kusal Perera's rapid batting changed the attitude of the entire match. However, during the Sri Lanka's innings, an incident was seen, which surprised everyone. Actually, even after hitting a six from Sri Lankan batting, the team was not given 6 runs. The reason for which was a mistake of Team India.

Sri Lanka did not get 6 runs even after hitting sixes

This incident took place in the sixth over of Sri Lanka's innings, when Varun Chakraborty was bowling.

On the third ball of this over, when Varun Chakraborty was taking his run-up, the umpire gestured the dead ball just before throwing the ball, but Varun did not pay attention and threw the ball. Batting Pathum Nisanka also played an aggressive shot on a short ball, which reached the letter on long-on. Akshar tried to take the catch, but the ball slipped from his hands and went out of the boundary. That is, Pathum is a Kayamab in hitting Nisanka six. But the team did not get 6 runs.

Actually, the decision of umpire Ijatullah Safi disappointed everyone. The umpire called it a dead ball and under the dead ball rule, this shot was not considered valid.

Neither wicket nor run are added on the dead ball. But the biggest question is why the umpire declared this ball as a dead ball. Actually, the reason for this was Abhishek Sharma.

Abhishek Sharma's mistake was heavy for Sri Lanka

The reason for the umpire's dead ball was that Abhishek Sharma might wanted to go out of the field, but did not fully reach out of the boundary. According to cricket rules, if a player is leaving the field, he should be completely outside the field, otherwise the ball can be considered dead.

Here too, umpire Ijatullah Safi indicated the dead ball under this rule, due to which Sri Lanka faced a loss of 6 runs.