Melbourne, March 19: Umpires at ICC World Cup 2015 have been under fire for making few errors and now another blunder was witnessed during the India-Bangladesh quarter-final at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) today.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma benefitted from a poor decision by Pakistan’s experienced and award-winning umpire Aleem Dar and Bangladesh were robbed of a wicket. Dar was also involved in another umpiring error in the World Cup game between Australia and England.
Dar, standing at square-leg, indicated the ball had been above Rohit’s waist and his colleague Ian Gould called it. However, replays suggested that Rubel Hossain’s delivery was not a beamer. At the time, Rohit was on 90 and India 195/3 in 39.3 overs. This happened on the 4th ball of the 40th over.
The no-ball call resulted in Bangladesh losing out on a wicket. Rohit played that ball towards deep midwicket and was caught by Imrul Kayes. (Captain Mortaza speaks on Dar’s error) It was a lucky escape for Rohit. The right-hander went on to complete his century. Spin legend Shane Warne, who was doing commentary at the time, was clearly upset with the decision. “That should have been a wicket. The ball was under the waist,” said Warne. “He (Aleem Dar) has lost his confidence,” Warne added. Even former India batsman VVS Laxman also felt it was not a no-ball. “Bad decision from Gould,was definitely not above the waist.Lucky break for rohit. this can b the difference in getting xtra 20 runs #CWC2015,” he tweeted. Bangladesh lost the quarter-final by 109 runs. India progressed to the semi-final and will face either Australia or Pakistan on March 26 in Sydney.
Source: India One
