Overview
- Manipur's Lamabam Ajay Singh was ruled out for hitting the ball twice in a Plate League match against Meghalaya in Surat after an appeal, with umpire Dharmesh Bhardwaj making the decision.
- He had defended Aryan Bora’s delivery and then struck the rolling ball again as it moved toward the stumps, a scenario allowed only when the second strike is solely to protect the wicket under MCC Law 34.1.1.
- A venue official said he could have padded the ball away but used his bat, and neither the batter nor Manipur contested the call as Singh walked off immediately.
- The dismissal is exceptionally rare in Ranji Trophy history, recorded as only the fifth instance and the first since Dhruv Mahajan in 2005–06.
- Ravichandran Ashwin publicly criticized the ruling as inconsistent with the laws, while match reports note Singh’s 20-ball duck in a collapse that left Manipur 88 runs behind on first innings.