Kamal Ghorui
Sunrisers Hyderabad are likely to approach the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over an incident involving LSG player Avesh Khan during their IPL 2026 match against Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday, Cricbuzz reported.The issue concerns the last ball of the game on April 5, when LSG captain Rishabh Pant hit a boundary off Jaydev Unadkat. As the ball was heading towards the boundary, Avesh, who was near the dugout, struck it back into the ground with a bat. There were claims that the ball had not crossed the rope at that point, and some argued that SRH should be awarded penalty runs under the laws related to dead ball (Law 20.1) and unfair play (Law 41).However, there was no fielder near the ball, and it was not seen as an attempt to stop a boundary. As a result, the laws on unfair play were not applied. An umpire familiar with the situation, as quoted by Cricbuzz, said there was no case to change the boundary decision.
Lucknow needed only one run at that stage as the scores were level, and they went on to complete the chase with one ball to spare and five wickets in hand.The Cricbuzz report said SRH are not satisfied with the incident and may formally write to the BCCI. The franchise is also unhappy with some of the decisions in their earlier matches.In their opening game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), SRH had concerns over the dismissal of Heinrich Klaasen, who was caught near the boundary by Phil Salt off Romario Shepherd.They are also unhappy about the dismissal of Abhishek Sharma in their second match against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens. Varun Chakaravarthy took a diving catch off Blessing Muzarabani in the ninth over but there seemed to be no conclusive evidence that the catch was taken cleanly.While none of these results or decisions will be changed, the Cricbuzz report said SRH are expected to take up the matter with the BCCI.
