Bangladesh Player Nurul Hasan accused former Indian Skipper Virat Kohli of Fake Fielding. Former refers it should have been a 5-run Penalty.
Bangladesh player Nurul Hassan pointed towards Virat Kohli’s Cheating during the world cup. He accused the former Indian captain of fake fielding and insisted that his team should have received a 5 run penalty. In the seventh over of the Bangladesh’s chase, Virat Kohli was suspected to have faked a throw which is not allowed under the codes of cricket. The laws clearly state the deliberate distraction, deception or obstruction of batter’ can cost five runs to the fielding side as a penalty. There was a huge outcry on the social media so much so that #Cheating was trending on Twitter. For those unversed, Bangladesh a narrow five run loss in a rain interrupted match did not go well with the Bangladesh cricketers and fans who flooded the internet with memes.
Bangladesh alleges Virat Kohli’s Cheating during their match, Say Umpires were partial
A narrow five-run loss against India did not go well with the Bangladesh Batsman as they accused on-field umpires Marais Erasmus and Chris Brown missed an incident of ‘fake fielding’ from Virat Kohli in the seventh over his side’s chase. This is how it happened, when Bangladesh were chasing , Litton Das played a shot towards the deep off-side, and as Arshdeep Singh sent in the throw, Virat Kohli, standing at the point faked a shy on the stumps. It went unnoticed by the umpires and the Bangladesh openers Najmul Hossain Shanto and Litton didn’t point it out.
Nurul pointed to Virat Kohli’s cheating and claimed it should have been a 5 run penalty. So what does the Cricket Law suggests?
Fake Fielding Law
As per Cricket’s Law 41.5, pertaining to unfair play, prohibits the “deliberate distraction, deception or obstruction of [the] batter”, and if an incident is deemed to be a breach, the umpire can declare that particular delivery as dead ball, and award the batting side five runs”
Fake Fielding Cricket Law
“We all saw that it was a wet ground. Eventually, when we talk about these things, there was also a fake throw. It could have been a five-run penalty. That also could have gone our way, but unfortunately, even that didn’t materialise.”
Nurul complained about fake throws and Virat’s cheating
In another moment in the 16th over, the umpire Marais Erasmus was gave a no ball. Virat Kohli, meanwhile, was gesturing for a no as soon as it was bowled. Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan then had a chat with Virat Kohli and both went back to their positions after sharing a laugh.
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