Afterwards, vicec ap t a i n N u r u l Hasan alleged that onfield umpires had missed a “fake throw” by Kohli that could’ve tied the match. “We all saw that it was a wet ground,” Nurul said. “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.”
The incident took place in the seventh over of Bangladesh’s innings, moments before rain stopped play, when Litton Das played the ball towards the deep off-side field off Axar Patel. As Arshdeep Singh threw the ball back, Kohli — standing at point — feigned a throw as the ball whistled past him. Umpires didn’t take action, despite Litton and non-striking batsman Najmul Hossain p o i n t i n g i t o u t , a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official told AFP.
The International Cricket Council is scheduled to hold a board meeting in Melbourne next week during the tournament and Bangladesh will raise the matter “if an opportunity comes”, BCB cricket operations chief Jalal Yunus told AFP. “We will discuss the issues wherever we get a chance to discuss,” he added. “It’s not a protest because there is no benefit of doing it now.”
Yunus also said Bangladesh’s chances in the match had been stymied by a slippery pitch after the resumption, halting the openers’ momentum after a blazing 21-ball fifty from Litton. Play resumed after a 45-minute hiatus and Bangladesh were given a revised target of 151 runs from 16 overs. Litton slipped as he turned for a second run in the second ball after the stoppage and was then run out for 60 off 27 balls. Bangladesh fell to 145/6 to concede a narrow defeat.
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