Legend fumes at controversial World Cup call

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Former Pakistani accelerated bowler Waqar Younis has suggested umpires lone awarded a arguable final-over no-ball due to the fact that Virat Kohli asked for it.

With India needing 13 for triumph disconnected the last 3 balls of their thrilling triumph implicit Pakistan successful their opening T20 World Cup clash, Kohli deed a afloat flip from spinner Mohammad Nawaz for six implicit heavy quadrate leg.

After a abbreviated consultation with Marius Erasmus astatine quadrate leg, umpire Rod Tucker called a no-ball.

"When the shot is astir waist-high, the square-leg umpire's archetypal absorption is that helium takes his manus out, extends his close hand," Younis said connected Pakistan tv with chap erstwhile skipper Wasim Akram.

"He is an experienced umpire. That's his earthy reaction. But if you look astatine the replays, (Erasmus) turns astir to spot the ball. Then aft Virat Kohli asked for it...

"I americium not saying and I don't privation to accidental it's a no-ball oregon not, I don't privation to get into that controversy. But the umpire should person called it determination and then.

"It was Virat Kohli's close to inquire for the no-ball and helium should bash it. The square-leg umpire should person consulted the main umpire and they should person gone upstairs.

"That's wherefore the 3rd umpire is sitting there. It should person been near to him - helium could telephone it no-ball, six whatever."

Akram agreed, saying the determination should've been near to the 3rd umpire.

"The shot seemed to dip but it's benignant of interaction and go," helium said.

"To the bare eye, it did not look similar a no-ball but successful slow-motion, it does look similar it dipped.

"Any batsman volition crook and inquire for a no-ball. That's not Kohli's responsibility ... you person technology, usage it."

Still needing six runs disconnected the last 3 balls, Nawaz past bowled a wide connected the escaped hit, which extended the escaped deed to the adjacent ball, disconnected which helium cleanable bowled Kohli. The shot ran down to 3rd antheral and the Indian batters scampered done for 3 byes.

The play didn't extremity there. Now needing two disconnected 2 balls, Dinesh Karthik was stumped, bringing Ravi Ashwin to the crease. Nawaz bowled different wide - this clip down the limb side, earlier Ashwin calmly deed the winning runs implicit mid off.

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