The reaction in Bangladesh is understandable given the stakes involved for the underdogs.However it was a waist high ball and so the decision could have gone either way. It was just their bad luck that the umpires gave benefit of doubt to the batsman who must have taken it as a no ball.Why cry foul? In fact the so called bad decisions have given the young Bangla side some face saving to face the people back home unlike their Pakistani counterparts who have to face the music in their country.
Re: Rohit Sharma should
by vasu venkataramania on Mar 21, 2015 11:02 AM
The point is it was bad umpiring. It was clearly not a no ball. Whereas Shikhar Dhawan's catch was not clear cut as the camera could clearly show that there was gap between the shoe and the boundary. Aleem Dar should have asked for a review. But I dare say that India would have anyway beaten Bangla Desh as India had too much fire power in all aspects
Indian Players have been cheated so many times by lots of umpires - Prime Examples are Steve Bucknor, Kumar Dharmasena - They have delivered so many Bad decisions that Indian fans virtually d1ed many times before real death.
Darrel Hair was heavily biased against Sri Lankans and called Muttaiah Muralitharan as a chucker and no-balled him several times.
Umpire Srinivasan Venkataraghavan was also having bad judgement and gave so many not outs as out.
This was the very reason why DRS and Hotspot, Snicko meters were introduced to curb malpractices during umpiring.
Indian team has lost so many Test matches and ODI's due to Bad umpiring.
Rohit Sharma's decision was borderline. Protesting against Mahmadullah's wicket was total childishness.Let's have a rematch. If Bangladesh loses,then they don't play in the World Cup for 20 years.Fair enough!
When a umpire call "no ball" the batsman goes for a big big hit, as Rohit Sharma did, as they cannot be given caught out.. So the umpires cannot be blamed..Actually the game moves too fast for most spectators to comprehand what is happening or has happened..
