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TOI Sports Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

'Only proper players...': Michael Vaughan welcomes Mushfiqur Rahim to 'handled ball' club

NEW DELHI: As Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim on Wednesday became the 11th player in Test cricket history to be given out for obstructing the field, former England skipper Michael Vaughan welcomed the wicketkeeper-batter to the 'exclusive' club.

On the opening day of the second match against New Zealand in Dhaka, Rahim got dismissed in a rare fashion after he blocked a climbing delivery from Kiwi pacer Kyle Jamieson and then tried to keep the ball away with his right hand even though it was far from the off-stump.

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