Sports Desk: Shoaib Akhtar tweets, ‘Isn’t Quinton de Kock’s runout against (cricket’s) consciousness? It is up to you to decide. ‘Not only the former Pakistan fast bowler, but many others also tweeted about Fakher’s runout. They allege that the South African wicketkeeper resorted to fake fielding to run out the Pakistani opener, which is illegal in cricket.

Fakhr could have scored his second ODI double century in Johannesburg tomorrow. The left-arm batsman played a great innings of 193 runs to chase 341 runs for the Proteas. He was run out in the first ball of the last over. Aiden Markram’s straight throw from long off broke the stumps. However, those who watched the match or later watched the video replay, it is understood that De Kock resorted to a bit of cunning.

Fakhar was running for 2 runs by sending long off ball. Markram threw towards the wicketkeeper. Fakhar did not notice it as he ran in the opposite direction. De Cock was in front of him. The Proteas wicketkeeper was raising his hand and gesturing to Markram to throw the ball at the end of the bowler. Seeing that, Fakhar slowed down and looked back. Seeing De Kock’s hint, he thought the throw would go to the edge of the bowler. But Fakhar lost the opportunity to become a fool and pick up a double century. Markram’s throw to the wicketkeeper directly broke the stumps. Pride in slowing down the race is still out of the crease.

There is a lot of talk about this on social media. It is against the law of cricket for De Cock to do this on purpose. Section 41.5.1 of cricket states, “If a fielder deliberately manipulates a batsman with his words, deeds and behavior, it will be a violation of the law.” South Africa won the match by 17 runs.

Fakhar, however, is not blaming De Cock. He has made himself stand on his own two feet. He thinks he should have noticed the ball, ‘It’s my fault. I was trying to see if Harris Rouf had reached the crease, because he started the race a little late. The rest is up to the match referee to decide. But I don’t think it’s Quinton’s fault. ”The on-field umpires didn’t even notice then.

However, after Fakhar’s remarks, the umpires can sit down with the matter, the media said. Although the allegation against Quinton de Kock will be very difficult to prove. Because, the wicketkeeper can only indicate the fielder to throw the ball to the nonstrike. However, in the celebration of Fakhar’s dismissal, De Kock’s hint was that he did it to make the batsman hesitant.

Pakistani journalist and cricket statistician Mazhar Arshad tweeted, ‘Quinton de Kock has run out Fakhar Zaman by trickery. However, the umpires did not think it was fake fielding. It could be a good debate. ‘But South Africa captain Temba Bavuma thinks his wicketkeeper has used his intellect to run out Fakhar. Many may call it anti-consciousness of the game. But the wicket of pride was important to us. He came close to the target. ‘Pakistan needed 31 runs in the last over to win.