Manipur 's Lamabam Singh fell to one of cricket's rarest dismissals in the Ranji Trophy plate league match against Meghalaya in Surat - given out for hitting the ball twice in bizarre circumstances.

Lamabam had defended an Aryan Bora delivery, only to see the ball trickle back towards the stumps when he intercepted the ball with the bat. ESPNcricinfo spoke to people at the game who said the ball was headed towards the stumps when the batter hit it the second time, which is within the law, but no one, including the batter, protested the umpire's decision.

"He could've padded it away, but he chose to stop it with his bat and was immediately given out 'hit the ball twice' by umpire Dharmesh Bhardwaj," a venue official said. "The batter walked off the moment Meghalaya appealed."

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