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Liton not out and out
In the ninth over from Kagiso Rabada, Liton Das tried to drive and edged the ball to second slip, where Proteas skipper Faf du Plessis seemed to have completed a good, low catch. The umpires conferred as it was a low take centimetres from the turf. 'Not Out' flashed on the big screen, which was puzzling because the replays showed that Du Plessis caught it cleanly. Moments later, there was sudden silence as if someone had hit the mute button on the remote. It was not the mute button, but the 'Out' button – the screen operators had flicked the wrong switch the first time, and Liton had to walk back.
The wrong one
Imran Tahir is notorious for thinking that every time the ball hits the pad, he has gotten the batsman out. He is also someone who is adept at bowling the googly and Bangladesh are a team notorious for being unable to read the back-of-the-hand variation. In the 27th over, Mushfiqur Rahim went for a paddle sweep and missed the wrong'un, and Tahir resisted the review. In the 29th over, Mahmudullah Riyad misread the ball and missed the sweep, but it was obvious to the naked eye that it struck him outside the off stump. This time, Tahir convinced his skipper to review, but the slow motions confirmed the initial impression and the hosts lost their only review. The Tigers may not have picked the wrong'uns, but Du Plessis certainly picked the wrong one to trust on the review.
The ball's alive, the innings dead
It was not a good day for the behind-the-scenes operators. The scoreboard said 49.5 overs when debutant Mohammad Saifuddin holed out for 16. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza walked out but was soon sent back as the rest of the players on the field walked off. In the fourth ball of the last over, the umpire signalled a dead ball because Rabada had bowled down the leg side and Saifuddin appeared to just be getting his pad out of the way before the ball brushed it and not playing a ball. The dead ball was to disallow the run that followed, but the scorers had thought that it disallowed the ball too.
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