Confusion over whether opening batter Muneeba Ali was actually deemed run-out caused a brief stoppage in the fourth over of Pakistan's chase against India in their World Cup match in Colombo , with Pakistan querying the decision on the edge of the boundary while the dismissed batter Muneeba remained on the edge of the field of play.

The sequence of events that led to the confusion was unusual. First, Muneeba had not been attempting a run - she had only wandered out of her crease as India appealed for an lbw off the bowling of Kranti Goud. She had also initially grounded her bat before the throw from Deepti Sharma came in from the slip cordon. However, she had raised her bat off the ground again without having grounded any other part of the body behind the line, and it was while it

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