How Many Ways Can A Batter Be Out Cricket: The reach of cricket is gradually increasing. The game has now reached those countries also, where earlier not many people knew about it. With the increasing interest in the game, people also take a lot of interest in understanding the rules of the game. Therefore, here we will tell you in how many ways a batsman can be out in the game of cricket.
So let us tell you that in cricket a batsman can get out in a total of 11 different ways. There are some ways which you either do not know about or you have never heard about. So let us know what are all the ways of getting out.
1- Bold
When the bowler hits the ball directly into the stumps, the batsman is declared bowled. However, the condition is that the ball should be legal.
2- Leg before wicket (LBW)
Leg before wicket (LBW) is called paagabadha in Hindi. This is a way of getting out, which can also be called bowled in other words. If a batsman stands in front of the stumps and the ball hits his body without touching the bat, then LBW is given out. The condition in this is that the part of the batsman’s body that is hit by the ball should be in front of the stumps (like if the batsman was not there then the ball would have hit the stumps) and the ball should not pitch outside the line of the stumps on the leg side.
3- Run out
When a batsman runs to take a run on the 22-yard pitch, he has to reach inside the crease to complete the run. If the batsman is unable to reach inside the crease and the fielder throws on the stumps, then he is given a run out.
4. Stumping
The batsman has to bat within the crease of the pitch. If the batsman steps out of the crease while playing a shot and the ball misses him and goes to the wicketkeeper and the keeper hits the stumps with the ball, then the batsman is stumped out.
5- Caught out
When the ball touches any part of the batsman’s bat or wrist and a player from the fielding team catches it, it is called a catch out.
6. Hit Wicket
When a batsman, while batting, hits the wicket with his bat or body and the stumps fall, it is called a hit wicket.
7- Hit the ball twice
While playing a shot, the batsman can hit the ball only once. If a batsman hits the ball twice with the bat while playing a shot, he is declared out.
8- Obstructing the field
If a batsman deliberately obstructs a fielder, such as stopping a ball thrown by a fielder during a run out or something else, in this situation the umpire can give the batsman out.
9. Mankading out
Mankading is always included in the disputed outs. When the batsman present at the non-strike end leaves the crease for a run before the ball is bowled, then the bowler runs him out, which is called Mankading out. You can also understand this as the stumping of the batsman present at the non-strike end.
10- Time out
After a batsman is out, the other batsman has a fixed time to reach the crease. In ODIs and Test matches, this time is 3 minutes. This time may change according to the playing conditions of the ICC. During the 2023 ODI World Cup, the Bangladesh team had appealed for a time out to Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews and he was declared out.
11- By the batsman catching the ball
The batsman has to use his bat to play or stop the ball. However, the ball can also be stopped by bringing the body in front. But, the batsman cannot stop the ball with his hand, if he does so, the umpire can declare him out.
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