Heard-Say Evidence in Cricket

Imagine you're at Wankhede watching a match. Your friend, Rohan, tells you that the opposing team's player, Kohli, got out for 10. But here's the twist, Rohan overheard it from another friend, Vikram, who was standing next to the scoreboard. Now, can Vikram's statement be considered primary evidence? No, right? Vikram didn't see the dismissal directly, but Rohan did. Rohan's testimony is secondary evidence of Vikram's statement, which is tertiary evidence of the actual event. This is similar to Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, where secondary evidence is admitted when the primary evidence is unavailable. Just like in cricket, we need multiple witnesses to confirm the facts, and each witness's testimony gets progressively weaker.