The dismissal of Bangladeshi cricketer Liton Das
in the final match of the 2018 Asia Cup at Dubai International Cricket Stadium
on Friday (September 28) created a lot of controversy in social media. Considering
it a wrong decision given by the TV umpire or third umpire, Bangladesh cricket
fans burst out of anger. Cricket crazy fans claimed that this decision was
responsible for Bangladesh’s defeat. They did not stop here. To show anger and
hatred towards the cricket’s governing body, International Cricket Council
(ICC), thousands of followers raised a storm in social media, including Facebook
and Twitter, calling ICC as “Indian Cricket Council”.
This contentious decision was given in the last
ball of the 41st over. Liton Das was batting against
Kuldeep Yadav, who gave a googly in the last ball. Beating the batsman, the
ball went to the gloves of the wicketkeeper, who instantly broke the wickets
and appealed to the leg-umpire for out. Leg-umpire being not sure forwarded it to
the TV umpire who then reviewed it from different angles for quite a long time
and signaled for out. On the basis that his back toe was on the line and not
behind it, he was given out.
No doubt, this decision surprised the whole
world. During the match, commentators said they were not sure if Liton Das was
out. They also expected that, in this case, the benefit of doubt would be given
to the batsman, but TV umpire Rod Tucker had something else in his mind. It
looked like he was biased towards Indian cricket team. I hope that ICC will
take some kind of action against the TV umpire to prevent this type of controversial
decisions in future.
The 23-year-old right-handed batsman scored 121
runs off 117 balls and single-handedly kept Bangladesh in the match. If he were
not given out, more runs could have been added to the scoreboard, meaning
Bangladesh bowlers would have had a much better total to defend. However,
Bangladesh was bundled out for 222 in 48.4 overs.
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