ADELAIDE: Bangladesh wicketkeeper-beater Nourul Hasan accused Indian maestro Virat Kohli of “false groundwho went unnoticed by referees on the pitch and deprived his team of five potentially life-saving penalties in their T20 World Cup Game.
Set a revised target of 151 in 16 overs after a brief spell of rain, Bangladesh fell short by five runs.
While skipper Shakib Al Hasan conceded they lost just and squarely, Nurul, who kept Bangladesh in the game in the final with a six and a four against Arshdeep Singh, appeared to criticize the referees on the pitch after the match.
“Certainly the wet outfield had an impact when we restarted the game. But there was also a false throw that could have earned us five points, but we didn’t even get that,” Nurul said in Bengali in the mixed zone, indirectly. accusing referees Chris Brown and Marais Erasmus of overlooking the incident.
The incident Nurul was referring to happened in the seventh over. Video recording showed Arshdeep tossing the ball from deep and Kohli – at one point – feigned as if relaying it from the non-attacking side.
A relay pitch is one where the defender closest to the lane catches the ball deep and throws it at the stumps.
Both hitters – Litton Das and Najmul Hossain Shanto – didn’t even look at Kohli and that’s why Nurul’s argument raises questions.
ICC Playing Conditions Rule 41.5, which relates to foul play, prohibits the fielding team from “deliberating, distracting, deceiving or obstructing the batter”.
If the umpire finds someone has broken the rule, he can call it a dead ball and award five penalty points.
While Nurul accused Kohli of false ground, he did not consider the terms “distraction and deceit” in the rule.
Neither Shanto nor Litton were looking at Kohli, and therefore they weren’t distracted or deceived.
On the contrary, it is possible that Nurul will be sanctioned for criticizing the match officials.
Set a revised target of 151 in 16 overs after a brief spell of rain, Bangladesh fell short by five runs.
While skipper Shakib Al Hasan conceded they lost just and squarely, Nurul, who kept Bangladesh in the game in the final with a six and a four against Arshdeep Singh, appeared to criticize the referees on the pitch after the match.
“Certainly the wet outfield had an impact when we restarted the game. But there was also a false throw that could have earned us five points, but we didn’t even get that,” Nurul said in Bengali in the mixed zone, indirectly. accusing referees Chris Brown and Marais Erasmus of overlooking the incident.
The incident Nurul was referring to happened in the seventh over. Video recording showed Arshdeep tossing the ball from deep and Kohli – at one point – feigned as if relaying it from the non-attacking side.
A relay pitch is one where the defender closest to the lane catches the ball deep and throws it at the stumps.
Both hitters – Litton Das and Najmul Hossain Shanto – didn’t even look at Kohli and that’s why Nurul’s argument raises questions.
ICC Playing Conditions Rule 41.5, which relates to foul play, prohibits the fielding team from “deliberating, distracting, deceiving or obstructing the batter”.
If the umpire finds someone has broken the rule, he can call it a dead ball and award five penalty points.
While Nurul accused Kohli of false ground, he did not consider the terms “distraction and deceit” in the rule.
Neither Shanto nor Litton were looking at Kohli, and therefore they weren’t distracted or deceived.
On the contrary, it is possible that Nurul will be sanctioned for criticizing the match officials.
