With the Netherlands’ shocking victory against South Africa early on Sunday, Bangladesh and Pakistan were given a fresh lease on life. The Proteas’ defeat effectively eliminated their chances of advancing to the semifinals of the ICC event, marking the second time in as many tournaments that they have failed to reach their potential. With this win, India secured a spot in the quarterfinals without needing to win their last group-stage encounter against Zimbabwe.
This meant that the Bangladesh vs. Pakistan match at Adelaide Oval was essentially a knockout. Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to bat, with Litton Das and Najmul Hossain batting first. Shanto had things going, but Pakistan finally got on the board when Shaheen Afridi sent Litton back. To help set the stage for his team’s success, Shanto joined forces with Soumya Sarkar and the two of them put together a fifty-run stand.
In the 11th over, though, things took a dramatic turn as Shadab Khan got two wickets in two balls. After Soumya Sarkar was out while attempting a reverse sweep, Shakib Al Hasan was given out LBW while trying to dance his way down the track and missed the line of a flighted delivery.
When Shakib initially looked at the ruling, he thought he had a huge head start. However, the video umpire concluded that the spike in the ‘Ultraedge’ was caused by the bat’s collision with the ground. After further review through ball tracking, he confirmed the original call made by the on-field umpire.
Shakib remained out on the field for quite some time, attempting to communicate with the on-field umpires, who eventually convinced him to return to the Pavillion.
Athar Ali Khan, a former Bangladesh opener and now a prominent commentator in his country said on air that he could not believe the decision because he, too, believed that the bat was in the air when the ball had passed its edge and that the impact on the ‘Ultraedge’ could only have been that of the bat hitting the ball and not the ground.
When Bangladesh lost to India by a slim margin, they questioned the on-field umpires’ decisions. They criticized the umpires for not investigating the ‘false fielding’ accusation against Virat Kohli and for starting the play shortly after the rain stopped during the match against India.
Twitter Reacts:
umpires to shakib al hassan. pic.twitter.com/vcWzc3eWwz
— Nabeel (@areynabeel) November 6, 2022
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Indian Said Not Out
Umpire : 😂😂#PAKvsBAN Shakib al hassan 😂 pic.twitter.com/55PEckEXN3— Malik Ali Raza (@MalikAliiRaza) November 6, 2022
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Shakib Al Hassan was given out even it is "NOT OUT"
Rohit Sharma to Umpires👇:#chokers #cheating #ShakibAlHasan #TeamIndia #crickettwitter pic.twitter.com/qyi3RggdkH— Vasudevan K S | வாசுதேவன் கீ ஸ்ரீ 🇮🇳 (@VasudevanKS4) November 6, 2022
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Shakib al Hassan & Bangladesh robbed off here.#PAKvsBAN #PAKvBAN pic.twitter.com/kTi9P2McG3
Advertisement— Fahad Abbasi 🇵🇰 (@thefahadabbasi) November 6, 2022
Shakib Al Hassan was helpless after that decision by 3rd umpire, his reaction says it all. To be very very honest, if there would have been an Indian batter instead of Shakib, few toxic people would say that BCCI owns umpires. Ye Indian Cricket Council Hai! #PAKvsBAN #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/JQ6sn6AQQC
— Ahmad Haseeb (@iamAhmadhaseeb) November 6, 2022
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After Shakib Ul Hassan Wicket
ICC = PCB 😂#T20WorldCup2022Advertisement— Mohsin Aslam (@Mohsinaslam82) November 6, 2022
