The said mix-up happened in the fourth over of the innings of KKR, who had already lost the services of Rahul Tripathi. As young seamer Arshdeep Singh, who was in the midst of a wondrous new-ball spell, bowled an inswinger towards the pads, the batsman, Shubman Gill, clipped it gently towards short fine-leg. On the first look, it looked like there was an easy single, and so, rightfully, Gill audibly called for ‘one’. Hearing Gill’s call, his partner at the other end, Nitish Rana, stormed towards the striker’s end for a single.

However, tragedy then ensued as in what was a last-minute change of mind. Gill, out of nowhere, started screaming “No no no”. By now, Rana had almost reached the non-strikers’ end and had no way back. While a run could still have been completed had Gill taken off, the youngster stood his ground and ensured that he protected his wicket by touching the bat on the ground before Rana. The throw from the short fine-leg fielder, Shami, was wayward, but that counted for little as Nicholas Pooran, who had ample time given both batsmen were stuck at the same end, sprinted towards the non-strikers’ end and took the bails off to dismiss Rana.