Cricket like any sport has several rules, some are common others rarely come into use.
Most of the rules make sense, while there are some uncanny ones, for which we always wonder why do they exist.
Here we take a look at some of cricket's weird rules that most of you might not be aware of.
DHONI'S RUN OUT ATTEMPT GOES WRONG
During the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, Bangladesh were awarded 5 penalty runs against India, when Dhoni attempted to flick a ball at the stumps and the ball instead hit his glove, which was placed close to the stumps.
FORFEITING INNINGS OF A TEST MATCH
You can forfeit an entire innings of a Test.
One famous incident, that occurred in the past, was between England and South Africa in 2000. Rain played spoilsport and SA captain Hansie Cronje made an offer to England captain Nasser Hussain to chase down 249 in 76 overs. South Africa forfeited their second innings while England forfeited their first innings.
HANSIE CRONJE'S MATCH FIXING EPISODE
This Test match between South Africa and England is remembered for other reasons. The forfeiting of the innings turned out to be a match-fixing deal in which South Africa captain Hansie Cronje was involved with.
NOT OUT IF GLOVE IS NOT IN CONTACT WITH BAT
One of the rules of caught out in cricket states that a batsman cannot be ruled out if the ball hits the batsman on the glove and is caught but the hand or the glove is not in contact with the bat. – Newbytes
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