After Bangladeshs defeat Kohli accused of fake fielding

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After Bangladesh’s defeat, Kohli accused of ‘fake fielding’: ‘Just give the trophy to India straight away’

After Bangladesh’s five-run defeat to India in the World T20 on Wednesday, Bangladesh cricketer Noorul Hasan accused Virat Kohli of ‘fake fielding’, potentially costing Bangladesh crucial penalty runs. were

The incident of alleged fake fielding took place during the seventh over of Bangladesh’s innings in pursuit of a target of 185 runs when Arsdeep Singh bowled a throw from the boundary but Kohli, who was inside the circle, signaled for the throw.

The two umpires Mirza Erasmus and Chris Brown did not see it and neither did the two batsmen Litan Das and Najmal Hussain Shantu.

In this regard, Cricket Law 41.5 on In Fair Play states that the umpire can award five runs to the batting side by adjudging a dead ball for ‘deliberately distracting, deceiving or obstructing the batsman’. Is.

“We all saw that the ground was wet,” Noorul Hasan told reporters after the match.

A fake throw was thrown. He could have had five penalty runs. This could have gone in our favor. However, unfortunately it did not happen.

In the replay of the incident, Kohli’s behavior could be considered an inadvertent cheating as Arshaddeep’s throw went past Kohli’s right hand just as he signaled to throw the fake throw.

Note that in this regard the umpire decides on the spot whether an attempt was made to cheat the batsman and not whether the batsman actually cheated.

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