IND vs AUS, CT 2025 Semis: Why Ravindra Jadeja Was Asked By Umpire To Remove Tape From His Bowling Hand? Rules Explained Here

In an interesting incident during the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final between India and Australia at the Dubai International Stadium, umpire Richard Illingworth had restricted Ravindra Jadeja from wearing tape on his bowling hand. The spin-bowling all-rounder had to duly oblige the umpire's orders and he removed it. However, it's worth wondering what the rules say.

With Jadeja standing at the top of his mark to begin the over, Illingworth interrupted him so that the Saurashtra all-rounder removes the tape off his hand. Under the Laws, "protection for the hand or fingers may be worn only with the consent of the umpires" and it is not uncommon for fielders to be seen with tape and strapping on hands, wrists and fingers.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had also joined the conversation and seem unimpressed by the same.

Ravindra Jadeja takes two important wickets to peg back Australia in Dubai

The southpaw, meanwhile, struck twice to remove Marnus Labuschagne for 29 and Josh Inglis to 11 to give the Men in Blue an upper hand, especially with Australia fighting back. It was Aussie captain Steve Smith who won the toss and the 35-year-old opted to bat first.

Rohit Sharma's bad luck with toss continued as he has lost his all four tosses in this Champions Trophy and 14th overall consecutively.

Team India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy

Australia playing XI: Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha.

Published on: Tuesday, March 04, 2025, 04:23 PM IST