IND vs SL : How Dasun Shanaka survived in Super Over despite being run out. Is there is loophole in MCC rule 20.1.1.3 ?

The rule states, “The ball will be deemed to be dead from the instant of the incident causing the dismissal.”

Since the umpire had initially given Shanaka out caught behind, the ball was deemed dead at that point, rendering any subsequent action, such as the run-out attempt void

Further clarifying this, Rule 3.7.1 states: “If following a Player Review request, an original decision of Out is changed to Not out, then the ball is still deemed to have become dead when the original decision was made."

This meant that even though Shanaka was clearly short of his crease, the run-out could not stand because the ball was no longer in play after the initial dismissal call.