Who Was the Umpire Behind Ishan Kishan's Wrong Dismissal? Here’s What MCC Rules Say About It

A strange incident happened in IPL 2025. On Wednesday, there was a match between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Mumbai Indians. The match was being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Ishan Kishan got out, but this way of getting out was very unusual. Ishan Kishan tried to play Deepak Chahar's ball towards the leg side. The ball went to wicketkeeper Ryan Rickelton. Rickelton and Chahar did not appeal for out. Umpire Vinod Sesan was also going to give it wide. However, suddenly Ishan Kishan started leaving the field.

He felt that he had touched the ball against Mumbai Indians, while no one had appealed for out. The umpire saw Ishaan going and hesitatingly gave him out. According to the rules, the umpire should not have done this. The replay showed that the ball did not hit Ishaan's bat. According to MCC rule 31.7, the umpire should have called the batsman back, as the batsman had a misunderstanding. Many questions are being raised on this incident.

What does the MCC rule say, what should the umpire have done?

This unique incident happened in IPL 2025. After this many questions are being raised. Was the rule implemented correctly? Should the umpire have called the batsman back? According to the rules, if a batsman has a misunderstanding and goes out of the field, then the umpire should call him back. This is written in MCC rule 31.7. The rule says- If the umpire feels that the batsman has misunderstood and has left the field despite not being out, then the umpire should intervene. The umpire should signal a dead ball and call the batsman back.

This rule says that the umpire should intervene before the next ball is bowled. But, if it is the last wicket of the innings, then the rule does not apply. In the case of Ishan Kishan, the umpire did not follow the rules. He did not give the batsman a chance to call back or see the replay. He just gave him out by looking at the batsman's gesture.

Everyone is surprised by this decision of Ishan Kishan

Former cricketers have also expressed surprise at this incident. They have criticized both the umpire and Ishan Kishan. He says that Ishan should have used DRS. When Ishan Kishan came to bat, the situation of Sunrisers Hyderabad was already bad. Travis Head was out without scoring any runs.

After Ishan was out, the team got into more trouble. SRH's score became 13/4 in 4.1 overs. However, Heinrich Klaasen took charge of SRH's innings by scoring 71 runs in 44 balls. Abhinav Manohar also supported him by scoring 43 runs in 37 balls. SRH scored 143/8 in 20 overs.