IPL 2022: What is retired out?
On April 10, 2022 – Ravichandran Ashwin became the first ever batsman to go retired out In Indian Premier League history. The first instance of retired hurt in IPL came from the first edition where Mumbai Indians batsman Dominic Thornely left the field after injury. Unlike retired hurt, a batman who leaves the field retired out can not return the field unless the opposing captain agrees for his come back.
Here is what Kumar Sangakkara – Director of Rajasthan Royals had to say about Ashwin’s retired out moment.
On field batsman Shimron Hetmyer later said he had no clue what was happening when Ashwin was walking back to the pavilion. Royals clinched a 3 run win against Lucknow Super Giants.
According to rule book there are two forms of retiring from innings – Retired Not Out and Retired Out. Law 25 of Cricket covers this aspect of cricket.
Law 25:
Batter’s innings; Runners:
A batter who becomes unable to run may have a runner, who completes the runs while the batter continues batting. (The use of runners is not permitted in international cricket under the current playing conditions.) Alternatively, a batter may retire hurt or ill, and may return later to resume his innings if he recovers
Retired – Not Out:
If a batsman is injured or falls ill (or has some other unavoidable reason for leaving the field) while batting, he may retire and resume his innings at the dismissal or retirement of another batsman. If he cannot return by the end of the innings, the batting side must close its innings after all other batsmen are dismissed (excluding the not-out batsman). This can occur if the batsman requires medical attention away from the ground. It is therefore possible for the side batting last in a match to lose despite only losing nine (or potentially fewer) wickets. If the batsman is unable to resume their innings they are recorded as “Retired – not out”.
The term “retired – hurt” has been used but is not in accordance with the Laws of Cricket (particularly Law 25)
Retired Out:
In cricket, a batsman retires out if he retires without the umpire’s permission and does not have the permission of the opposing captain to resume his innings. If such a return does not occur, the batman is marked as “retired out” and this is considered a dismissal for the purposes of calculating a batting average.
As of 2019, only two batsmen have retired out in a Test match, and both instances occurred in the same innings: Sri Lankan batsmen Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene both retired out in a match against Bangladesh in 2001. The decision for the two batsmen to retire was met with considerable criticism.
An exception to this rule was made for Gordon Greenidge who retired from the fifth Test of the 1982–83 India–West Indies series to visit his dying daughter. As a mark of respect, his total of 154 was officially recorded as “retired not out”.
