The 17th match of the World Cup 2023 was played between India vs Bangladesh. This match was played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune from 2 pm Indian time. Batting first, Bangladesh team gave India a target of 257 runs. Chasing this, India won at the loss of three wickets in 41.3 overs. Virat played an unbeaten inning of 103 runs in 97 balls. Before the century, wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul, standing at the last end, was continuously giving him strikes so that he could complete the century under any circumstances. Meanwhile, left arm orthodox spinner Nasum Ahmed came to bowl the 42nd over of the Indian innings for Bangladesh. He bowled the very first ball towards the leg side. Some fans felt that this ball should have been given wide, umpire Richard Kettlero showed partiality and gave Virat Kohli a chance to score a century. However, Virat Kohli was surprised for a few moments after seeing Nasum’s negative line bowling. He felt that umpire Richard would give WIDE and he would miss the century but Richard stood still. Then Virat played another ball of Nasum, then scored his 48th century by hitting a six on the third ball. After this, Virat waved the bat in his own style and returned to the pavilion. This was India’s fourth consecutive win in the tournament.
Merrill Cricket Club explained why the ball was not given
On the matter of wide ball not being given, Merrill Cricket Club, the body that makes the rules of cricket, said that according to rule 22.4 of MCC, wide ball cannot be given in the following conditions. There were changes in the rules of March 2022 wide. If the batsman is moving during the delivery then a wide ball is not given. At the same time, the ball passed very close to the batsman. If the ball touches the batsman, the umpire will not consider any delivery as wide, but will declare the ball wide only when the ball passes near the batsman. At the same time, the rules of cricket also say, ‘If the ball goes wide from him due to movement of the batsman, then the umpire will not declare the delivery wide.
Umpire Richard Kettleborough Biography
Richard Kettleborough is a very famous umpire, he has also played first class cricket for England. Talking about his umpiring career, he has played the role of TV umpire and on-field umpire in 112 test matches, while he has played the role of umpire and TV umpire in 155 ODI matches. He has also umpired in 51 T20 International matches. Full coverage of Cricket World Cup 2023. Apart from this, he has scored 1258 runs in 33 First Class matches and 290 runs in 21 List A matches. He was a left-handed top order batsman and part-time bowler. He was added to the ECB’s umpiring list in 2006. He made his international umpiring debut in the T20 between England and Australia at Old Trafford in 2009.