India, Oct. 7 -- The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the lawmakers of the game, broke their silence, issuing a statement about Pakistan opening batter Muneeba Ali's run-out in the Women's World Cup 2025 match against India at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. The custodians of the game said that she was rightly given out, and there is no room for any doubt. The MCC stated that Muneeba had to be given out as the incident involving her did not fall under the "bouncing bat" law.

The incident happened on the final ball of the fourth over. There was a loud appeal for an LBW; however, the on-field umpire did not raise her finger. Harmanpreet Kaur's side did not go for a review. However, Deepti Sharma showed great game awareness as ...