'Unbelievable' TV umpire call rocks World Cup decider

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Shakib Al Hasan looked bewildered and bemused erstwhile a reappraisal for an lbw outcry went the different mode contempt appearing to deed the ball.

In what was a must-win lucifer for some Bangladesh and Pakistan, The Tigers made their mode to 2/73 successful the 11th implicit having elected to bat archetypal astatine the Adelaide Oval.

After the nonaccomplishment of Soumya Sarkar, the skipper wandered retired onto the transportation to look spinner Shadab Khan.

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Advancing down the wicket, the shot deed Al Hasan connected his foot. Khan appealed, and aft a lengthy wait, the South African umpire Adrian Holdstock raised his finger.

Al Hasan instantly reviewed the decision, which was looked astatine by Zimbabwean tv umpire Langton Rusere.

Upon review, a wide spike could beryllium seen connected Ultra Edge arsenic the shot passed the bat.

The bat appeared to beryllium disconnected the ground, astatine slightest successful the presumption of commentators and galore of the Bangladesh fans astatine the Adelaide Oval.

"The bat is connected the ground, the shot hasn't contacted the bat, for me," said Rusere.

"The shot has not got into the bat yet. The bat hits the ground. No bat [is] involved. It's the bat hitting the ground."

Upon going to shot tracking, it was adjudicated Al Hasan was retired lbw and the umpire raised his digit erstwhile more.

Al Hasan instantly confronted the umpire and for a abbreviated play refused to permission the field.

"He cannot judge it, helium doesn't privation to permission and I tin recognize why," said commentator Athar Ali Khan.

"I cannot judge it too, but helium has to go. Unbelievable. Just looking astatine the replays, I thought determination was bat connected ball, but helium has to go, archetypal ball, naught.

"It took him a agelong clip to spell back, and I tin besides recognize but I besides consciousness that helium deed the ball. It was an wrong edge, arsenic acold arsenic I americium concerned.

"Clearly an wrong borderline onto the boots. Because erstwhile determination was connection, the bat was supra the ground. Unbelievable."

The lucifer is simply a must-win would spot them advancement to the semi-finals of the tournament.

They looked for an extracurricular accidental but were fixed a lifeline aft the Netherlands bushed South Africa successful Sunday's different lucifer astatine the aforesaid venue.

After the archetypal innings, Bangladesh coiled up 8/127.

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