India vs Bangladesh: New wide law change may have helped Virat Kohli to score his 48th ODI century | Cricket-world-cup News
Umpire Richard Kettleborough, who refused to give a wide from left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed despite it going way down the leg side has created quite a controversy. The call in the 42nd over helped Virat Kohli to reach his 48th ODI hundred and third in ODI World Cups. Kohli hit a six to bring up his hundred and end the match on the next delivery.
The non-wide call umpire Richard Kettleborough may have something to do with the a recent change in the Laws of Cricket.
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Earlier the clause 22.1.1 in the MCC Laws of Cricket, which was about how to judge a wide, stated: “If the bowler bowls a ball, not being a No ball, the umpire shall adjudge it a Wide if, according to the definition in 22.1.2, the ball passes wide of where the striker is standing and which also would have passed wide of the striker standing in a normal guard position.”
However, in Match 2022, MCC had made few changes in the Law 22.1.
“In the modern game, batters are, more than ever, moving laterally around the crease before the ball is bowled,” MCC said in a statement.Most Read
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“It was felt unfair that a delivery might be called ‘Wide’ if it passes where the batter had stood as the bowler entered his/her delivery stride.”
“Therefore, Law 22.1 has been amended so that a Wide will apply to where the batter is standing, where the striker has stood at any point since the bowler began their run up, and which would also have passed wide of the striker in a normal batting position.”
Since Virat Kohli has covered his stumps and has moved before the ball was released, therefore Kettleborough not giving it a wide was a fair call.
