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Matthew Cooper

Sri Lanka star left red-faced as he's run out holding the pose after a forward defence

Sri Lanka all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne suffered an embarrassing dismissal in the third ODI against India when he was run out by Mohammed Siraj after playing a simple forward defence straight back to the bowler.

However, Karunaratne's big mistake was holding the pose after defending the delivery, with Siraj quickly gathering the ball and launching it back at the stumps.

Karunaratne did attempt to get back into his ground, but he lost his balance and fell over as the ball crashed into his stumps. And replays ultimately showed that Karunaratne failed to make his ground, with the 26-year-old sent packing for just one.

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