In the 37th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Bangladesh performed strongly and defeated Nepal by 21 runs. With this victory, they have reached the Super 8 of the 2024 T20 World Cup. In this match on Monday, Bangladesh batted first and set a target of 107 runs. In response, Nepal could score only 85 runs.

The non-striker cheated by deceiving the umpire

Bangladesh had a bad start after losing the toss and batting first. In this match, no batsman of Bangladesh could score more than 20 runs. Liton Das scored 10, Shakib Al Hasan 17, Tauhadi Hridaya 9, Mahmudullah 13, Zakir Ali 12, Tanjim Hasan Shakib 3, Rishad Hussain 13, Mustafizur Rahman 3 and Taskin Ahmed scored an unbeaten 12 runs.

But in the 14th over of Bangladesh’s innings, an incident happened that created controversy. Sandeep Lamichhane bowled the ball on Tanjim Hasan’s pads and the umpire gave him out LBW. As he started walking to the pavilion, a video camera captured non-striker Zakir Ali looking and gesturing towards the Bangladesh dressing room.

Zakir, after checking in the dressing room, suggested Tanjim to take DRS before the timer went off. The replay showed that the ball was missing the leg stump and he was not out. However, Tanjim was caught in Sandeep’s googly on the very next ball and was out.

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is this allowed @icc,

Non striker asked for assistance from the dressing room whether to take the DRS or not.pic.twitter.com/7aJnl2YDMn

— 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭!𝟎𝐧_👑🚩 (@bholination) June 17, 2024

Is it legal to do this?

As per Article 3.2.3, umpires may reject a DRS decision if they believe the players have received input from outside the field, particularly from the dressing room.

Article 2.15 of the ICC’s Code of Conduct also prohibits players from seeking off-field assistance to make a decision on a review, with potential penalties including suspension. Although the umpires did not object to the review during the match, Ali and Tanjim could be charged with a Level 3 offence if found guilty of the alleged breach.