Getting out on 99 is painful enough but being stranded on that score hurts even more. It's more infuriating if the opposition pull a dirty trick to make it happen.
India were playing Sri Lanka in an ODI and Virender Sehwag was batting on 99. They needed one to win when Suraj Randiv bowled a huge no-ball.?
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For a spinner to overstep is a cardinal sin and when it's a big one, the odds of it being unintentional are very less.?
Sehwag hit a six and started to celebrate a century, but it was a false dawn. As per the rules the one run needed was already counted via the no-ball so the six did not count. Now if the ball had been legal and Sehwag had hit a six and not crossed, he would have got the six runs. In this case he got nothing.
Randiv regretted his mistake but was banned for a game. Dilshan who had given the advice was fined while Sehwag admitted he had been hard done by the Lankans.
There was talk that Sangakkara may have been the architect but it was never substantiated.
Be as it may, the game was brought into disrepute and our aggressive opener missed out on a well deserved hundred.