What's the 'Fake Fielding' row eclipsing India vs Bangladesh at T20 WC? What did Kohli do?

India and Banglesh locked horns against each or in ir fourth match of ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 on Wednesday. India won match by 5 runs (D/L method), courtesy of some brilliant fielding and bowling by Men in Blue. However, an incident has eclipsed interesting match between two sides with Banglesh player Nurul Hasan claiming Virat Kohli was involved in 'fake fielding' and that his team deserved five penalty runs, indirectly accusing umpires of overlooking incident. 

Hasan talked about incident in post-match press conference saying that re was a fake throw that could have gotten m five crucial penalty runs but y were deprived of same as umpires allegedly overlooked matter. "Definitely, wet outfield did have an impact when we restarted game. But re was also a fake throw which could have got us five runs but we didn't even get that," Hasan was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. 

Did Virat Kohli distract batsman during tense victory over Banglesh? 

incident that Hasan is talking about occurred in seventh over of Banglesh's innings before match was halted due to rain. In a video that is going viral on social media, Kohli can be seen pretending to relay a throw from Arshdeep Singh at non-striker's end even though he did not receive ball, which went directly to wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik at striker's end.  

What does ICC law state?

According to ICC playing conditions rule 41.5, it is unfair for any fielder to wilfully attempt, by word or action, to distract, deceive or obstruct eir batsman after striker has received ball. It is responsibility of umpires to decide wher any distraction, obstruction, or deception is deliberate or not. If eir umpire considers that a fielder has caused or attempted to cause such a distraction, he shall immediately call and signal De ball and award 5 penalty runs to batting side. 

India vs Banglesh: As it happened

five penalty runs eventually proved costly to Banglesh team as y lost game by same number of runs. Batting first, India scored 184/6 in 20 overs on back of half-centuries from KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. Suryakumar Yav also contributed as he smashed 30 runs off just 15 balls. Banglesh started second innings with a bang but rain broke ir momentum. Before rain started pouring, Banglesh h scored 66/0 in seven overs and were 17 runs ahe of D/L par. 

When play resumed, Banglesh were given a revised target of 151 runs to chase in 16 overs. India me a stunning comeback to restrict Banglesh to 145/6 in 16 overs. Some good catches and mind-boggling fielding ensured a victory for India. Bowlers also bowled well after coming back from rain break. Kohli was named player of match for his unbeaten 64 off 44 balls. 

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