That was 100 percent fake fielding, says Akash Chopra
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Former India cricketer and commentator Akash Chopra admitted that Virat Kohli was at fault of 'fake fielding' against Bangladesh in their Super-12s match.
The incident took place in the seventh over of Bangladesh's chase at Adelaide Oval, when Litton Das played the ball towards the deep off-side field off Axar Patel.
As the fielder sent in the throw, Kohli - stood at point - pretended to throw the ball which was going past him. It went unnoticed in the field as the on-field umpires, Marais Erasmus and Chris Brown, didn't take action.
"Yes that was 100% fake fielding because of the way Kohli attempted to throw the ball. If the umpires had seen him do that, we would've been slapped with a five-run penalty and we've won by five runs only,” said Chopra on his Youtube Channel.
“So we escaped here but next time if someone does this then the umpires will have to be more careful. So are Bangladesh right? Yes, they are but nobody noticed it then so can't do anything now,"
"If that five penalty runs were given, the two that the Bangladesh pair ran, would have still have been counted, the ball would have been dead and Bangladesh would have gotten to choose who takes strike in the next ball," he added.
Meanwhile, BCB is set to raise concerns to the ICC regarding this contemptible incident.
