By virtue of the umpire’s ruling, Virat Kohli was given an additional opportunity to reach his 78th international hundred after Richard Ketteleborough didn’t give a wide
India is now ranked second in the points standings after four victories in as many games, whereas New Zealand is ranked first with an identical number of points but a better net run rate.
Why did Richard Ketteleborough not rule Nasum Ahmed delivery to Virat Kohli as wide
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Nasum Ahmed, a left-arm spinner of Bangladesh, threw a ball that zipped past the batter’s pads down the leg and thudded into the wicketkeeper’s gloves, with only two needed for India to win and three needed for Virat Kohli to reach his 78th international hundred.
However, the on-field umpire, Richard Kettleborough, did not rule the delivery wide because he might have thought Kohli had moved a little bit away from the ball’s path. It might have hit the Indian batsman in the pads if he had remained still. In the end, Kohli had an additional chance thanks to the umpire’s decision to get his 48th ODI century. He is currently one ton short of matching Sachin Tendulkar’s 50-over century record.
What does MCC law state about a wide ball?
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), administrators of the Laws of Cricket, state that “a ball will be considered wide if the ball is not sufficiently within reach for the striker to be able to hit it with the bat by means of a normal cricket stroke.” However, the rules also state that “The umpire shall not adjudge a delivery as being a Wide, if the striker, by moving, either causes the ball to pass wide of him/her.”
Virat reaches his 48th ODI century
India defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in Pune on Thursday, earning their fourth straight victory at the 2023 ODI World Cup thanks to a century from Virat Kohli. The men in blue, who were chasing 257, got off to a fast start with blistering performances from Shubman Gill and skipper Rohit Sharma, who is still India’s leading scorer in the competition so far. In their fourth match of the ODI World Cup in 2023 in Pune, Indian bowlers held Bangladesh to a score of 256/8.
Coming back to Virat’s century, Deep Dasgupta, an expert on the match’s official broadcaster, later joked that Virat Kohli got to his hundred with a little help from KL Rahul and then the umpire. Even Kohli’s colleague Kuldeep Yadav found the situation amusing, as he heartily chuckled in the dugout as the loud cries from the Bangladesh players were ignored.