Cheteshwar Pujara got out in a Dramatic way

Few months back Cheteshwar Pujara became the first Indian batsman ever to be dismissed
“handled the ball” in first-class cricket. The incident occurred on day 1 of the County
Championship Division Two match between Derbyshire and Leicestershire at the County

Ground in Derby.

Pujara was batting on 6 when he was given out to handled the ball on the last delivery of
the 20 th over of the innings, which was bowled by left-arm medium pace bowler Atif Sheikh.

According to Derbyshire’s official Twitter account, the Saurashtra batsman “swatted” the
ball away, when it seemed destined to be going on to hit the stumps.

This is just the second instance of an Indian batsman losing his wicket to this mode of
dismissal. The only previous time it happened was when Mohinder Amarnath was given out to
handled the ball in an ODI match against Australia, way back in 1986.

Just last week, the 26-year-old Pujara had inspired Derbyshire to victory over Surrey with
an unbeaten knock of 90* in the fourth innings.

This is the 59th time a batsmen has been dismissed handling the ball in first-class cricket.
The last instance of such a dismissal occurring in England was in 1996 .