World Cup | 'Ball should've been dead...': Netizens have strong feelings over Ben Stokes 6-run overthrow with England requiring 9 from 3

England made history as they won their maiden World Cup crown by beating New Zealand in a thrilling Super Over at Lord's on Sunday. It was an edge-of-the-seat thriller as the viewers got their money's worth.

There were many standout performances in this match which included a spectacular catch by Lockie Ferguson. However, there was a strange incident which involved Ben Stokes while he was anchoring England's run chase.

It happened in the final over of the second innings which was bowled by Trent Boult. Stokes had hit the previous delivery for a six and he still got six runs in the fourth delivery of the 50th over. No, he did not deposit it over the stands. So in that case, how did he get six runs?

Well, what really happened was that the English all-rounder had mistimed a full toss from Boult towards mid-wicket and they ran for two. Martin Guptill covered the ground and threw it towards the wicket-keeper as Stokes put in a dive. However, as he put in a dive to save his wicket, the ball deflected from his bat and went towards the third man fence for four. Hence, England got six runs in one ball as their equation which had read 9 runs from 3 balls came down to 3 runs in 2 balls. 

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England went on to win the Cup by virtue of scoring more boundaries even after New Zealand leveled scores. Fans believe that the six awarded to England off Ben Stokes’ bat deflecting a throw made all the difference. 

Netizens took to Twitter to slam the overthrow rules. Here is what they said:

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