'Unfair advantage' turned World Cup thriller

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Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor says the laws of the crippled should beryllium fine-tuned, pursuing a chaotic finale to the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match successful Melbourne.

India secured a celebrated triumph disconnected the last shot of the 20th over, taking 16 runs disconnected Mohammad Nawaz's last over.

One of a fig of turning points came with India requiring 5 to triumph disconnected 3 balls, with Virat Kohli connected onslaught to Nawaz with a escaped hit, following a waist-high afloat toss from the Pakistan bowler.

Kohli attempted to expanse a afloat shot but was bowled, with the shot deflecting disconnected the stumps down to 3rd man.

Under instrumentality 20.1, the shot becomes dormant erstwhile it is "finally settled successful the hands of the wicket-keeper oregon bowler" oregon "a bound is scored" oregon "a batter is dismissed."

As the batter can't beryllium dismissed either bowled oregon caught disconnected a escaped hit, India was perfectly entitled to instrumentality the runs.

While this is not the archetypal clip a script similar this has played out, Taylor told Wide World of Sports the batting broadside shouldn't nett from a script that would usually effect successful a dismissal.

Stream each Australian men's T20 World Cup lucifer positive selected different matches, including the finals, unrecorded and escaped connected 9Now.

"I deliberation if the shot hits the stumps you're really gaining an unfair advantage," helium told Wide World of Sports.

"Firstly, successful the concern similar we saw connected Sunday night, the shot tin deflect anywhere, and secondly, if the fielding squad is trying to tally the batter out, the bails are already connected the crushed and you've got to region the stump, truthful that's harder arsenic well.

"I deliberation if the batter is bowled oregon caught disconnected the escaped hit, you're not retired but the shot should past beryllium dead, that would beryllium just and reasonable.

"You've got the vantage of not being retired disconnected a escaped hit, but you shouldn't payment a 2nd clip from what would usually beryllium considered a dismissal."

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