In Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup thriller, Gulbadin Naib faces a ban for ‘faking injury' ICC Rule Says This...
The T20 World Cup match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh saw a controversial moment when Afghanistan's Gulbadin Naib fell on the ground, apparently due to injury. During the 12th over bowled by spinner Noor Ahmad Gulbadin Naib, who was fielding in the slip cordon, he complained of cramps after Trott was seen on camera asking his players to slow down as Bangladesh had fallen behind on the Duckworth-Lewis par score in the rain-hit Super 8 clash.
There were frequent rain interruptions in the match, and Bangladesh, at that stage, were 81 for 7, two runs behind on the DLS par score in a revised chase of 114 in 19 overs. The Afghans eventually prevailed by eight runs to enter their maiden World Cup semifinal.
Simon Doull, while commenting, said, “The coach sends a message out to say, Slow it down, slow it down, and the first slip just dives on the ground needlessly. That is unacceptable. Gone off anyway. I get that it might have gone off anyway for the rain.”
Zimbabwean commentator PommieMbangwa quipped, “Oscar, Emmy?”.
Naib was given treatment and was taken off the field by teammate Naveen-ul-Haq and a support staff as it started raining again and players ran to the dugout.
Naib later said in a post on X, dotted with laughing emojis, “It happens sometimes when you are happy or when you are sad.”
According to the ICC's Code of Conduct, ‘time-wasting’ is deemed a level 1 or 2 offense under Article 2.10.7. For Level 1 offenses, the maximum punishment is a 100% match-fee fine and two suspension points. If a player is given four suspension points in one year, they may be banned for either one Test match or two ODIs or T20Is.
The T20 World Cup match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh saw a controversial moment when Afghanistan's Gulbadin Naib fell on the ground, apparently due to injury. During the 12th over bowled by spinner Noor Ahmad Gulbadin Naib, who was fielding in the slip cordon, he complained of cramps after Trott was seen on camera asking his players to slow down as Bangladesh had fallen behind on the Duckworth-Lewis par score in the rain-hit Super 8 clash.
There were frequent rain interruptions in the match, and Bangladesh, at that stage, were 81 for 7, two runs behind on the DLS par score in a revised chase of 114 in 19 overs. The Afghans eventually prevailed by eight runs to enter their maiden World Cup semifinal.
Simon Doull, while commenting, said, “The coach sends a message out to say, Slow it down, slow it down, and the first slip just dives on the ground needlessly. That is unacceptable. Gone off anyway. I get that it might have gone off anyway for the rain.”
Zimbabwean commentator PommieMbangwa quipped, “Oscar, Emmy?”.
Naib was given treatment and was taken off the field by teammate Naveen-ul-Haq and a support staff as it started raining again and players ran to the dugout.
Naib later said in a post on X, dotted with laughing emojis, “It happens sometimes when you are happy or when you are sad.”
According to the ICC's Code of Conduct, ‘time-wasting’ is deemed a level 1 or 2 offense under Article 2.10.7. For Level 1 offenses, the maximum punishment is a 100% match-fee fine and two suspension points. If a player is given four suspension points in one year, they may be banned for either one Test match or two ODIs or T20Is.