Nurul Hasan accuses Virat Kohli of fake fielding during IND vs BAN clash: Could have been a five-run penalty

Bangladesh’s Nurul Hasan has accused Virat Kohli of ‘fake fielding’ during Wednesday’s India vs Bangladesh match, suggesting that it could have been a five-run penalty for them.

India and Bangladesh played out a thriller in the Super 12s match in Adelaide with the Indian team edging out the win in the very last over.

India had posted 184 runs in their 20 overs on the back of fifties by Kohli and KL Rahul. Bangladesh were off to a blistering start in chase of the target with Litton Das putting the bowlers to the sword. However, rain interfered and the target was revised to 151 runs.

Das was then run out by Rahul and that proved to be the turning point as India clawed their way into the match and secured a five-run win.

Speaking after the match, as quoted by Cricbuzz, Hasan said that the umpires had missed an incident of fake fielding by Kohli during the Bangladesh innings. The incident happened in the seventh over when Kohli feigned as if he was relaying a throw from the deep. Both the umpires and the batters missed it.

Hasan said that the field being wet had an impact on the chase and said that the fake throw from Kohli went unnoticed on the day.

“Certainly, the field was wet and it had an impact and everyone saw that and eventually, what I felt is that when we were talking there was a fake throw and it could have been a five-run penalty and that could have gone our way, but unfortunately, even that didn’t come,” said Hasan.

Law 41.5, which pertains to unfair play, prohibits the “deliberate distraction, deception or obstruction of [the] batter”. If the umpire deems an incident a breach of the law, then he/she can call for a dead ball and award the batting team five runs.

In this case, it would have been enough for Bangladesh to win the match and go to the top of the table.