Nikolaas Davin Retired Out: Namibia’s young batsman Nicholas Davin has made a strange record in his name. Now he has become the first player to retire out in the history of T20 World Cup. When the team expected this player to hit fours and sixes, then despite all efforts, Davin’s bat did not work.
T20 World Cup 2024: While the T20 World Cup 2024 is full of excitement, a case has come to light which had never happened in the last 17 years of this tournament. The 34th match of this season was played between England and Namibia. In this match played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, Namibia’s opener Nicholas Devin is more talked about than England’s victory, who could not score runs quickly and was eventually called back by the team.
Actually, this match between England and Namibia was played for 10-10 overs due to rain, in which England batted first and scored 122 runs at the loss of 5 wickets, in reply, Namibia’s team could score only 84 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 10 overs. The English team won by 41 runs due to DLS method.
Why is Nicholas Devin in the news?
Nicholas Devin is the most talked about player in this match. This 26-year-old player was playing only the fourth T20 match of his career. He had to chase 123 runs in just 10 overs, but his bat remained silent in the beginning. The team needed fours and sixes, but he kept playing dot balls.
The team was finally called back
Nicholas Devin could score only 18 runs in 16 balls. During this, 2 fours came off his bat. Finally, the team called him back at the end of the sixth over. Then David VJ came in his place, who played a stormy innings of 27 runs in 12 balls, but he could not make the team win, because the overs were over.
This unwanted record was registered in the name of Nicholas Devin
Nicholas Devin has become the first batsman to retire out in the T20 World Cup. This is the first time that a team has called back a batsman for not being able to score runs, sacrificing his wicket for this. Now this player is trending on social media. Nicholas Devin is currently 26 years old. In 36 T20s, he has scored 919 runs at an average of 27, which includes 5 fifties.
After all, what is the retired out rule?
This rule states that in cricket, when a batsman is fully fit and he returns to the dressing room either with the team or on his own will. In such a condition, the batsman who retires cannot go to bat for the second time, unless the captain of the opposing team allows it. The incident of retiring out has been seen in T20 leagues before, but in the history of T20 International and World Cup, Nicholas Devin is only the fourth player to retire out.