In modern days, the cricket council uses the zinc bails on the electric stumps. But there are several instances when these heavy bails don’t tend to come out of their groove despite being flashed hard by the ball of a spinner or sometimes even a pacer. Such an instance took place during the Men’s Asia Cup 2025 contest between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi.

It was the third delivery on the tenth over. Wanindu Hasaranga went for the googly as the ball pitched on the length and went with the spin into the right-handed batter, Jaker Ali, who had no idea of the movement of the delivery. He got a big stride forward for the defense as the ball sneaked through the gate to give him a lucky escape.

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The ball, however, brushed the outside edge of the off-stump to get the lights on. But the bails didn’t come off, and as the rule suggests, the batter remained unbeaten for the ball. Sri Lanka couldn’t believe their luck. The bowler, wicket-keeper, and the captain had their hands on their head.

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It was a very poor start from Bangladesh, who got their first run on the board on the 14th ball of the evening. Both the opening batter, Tanzid Hasan, and Parvez Emon returned to the dressing room for their respective ducks. After the dismissal of Litton Das, for a moment, it appeared incredibly tough for them to cross the 100-run mark.

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However, Jaker and Shamim Hossain posted an unbeaten 86-run stand for the sixth wicket in just more than 10 overs to shoulder them to 139/5 in their 20 allotted overs. Sri Lanka didn’t need to sweat much in the chase during the second innings.

Pathum Nissanka played a fantastic knock of 50 runs in 34 balls with the help of six boundaries and one six at a strike rate of 147.06, while Kami Mishra raced away to 40 runs in 26 balls, thanks to four boundaries and a pair of sixes at a strike rate of over 150.