Bawne, who was the stand-in captain in that game, couldn’t opt to review the decision as the match was only on a livestream and not televised, which meant there was no infrastructure for the Decision Review System to be in place. His refusal to leave the field led to play being suspended for nearly 15 minutes, before the game resumed upon the intervention of match referee Amit Sharma and Maharashtra coach Sulakshan Kulkarni.

After the incident, Kulkarni had lashed out against umpiring standards in domestic cricket. “Players are subject to fines and reprimand, what about proper assessment of umpires? Why do the same erring umpires continue to officiate and play spoilsport? When there are blunders of this nature, the anger is justified.”

At the time, Maharashtra’s regular captain Ruturaj Gaikwad too had posted replays of the dismissal. Gaikwad was playing for India A in Australia at the time.

Bawne has been Maharashtra’s leading run-scorer this season, with 361 runs from five matches this season at an average of 51.57. He has scored one century and two fifties.