What Did Decock Say To Fakhar Zaman || ڈی کاک نے فخر زمان کو کیا کہا تھا ؟ فخر نے بتا دیا۔

Quinton De cock Run out fakhar Zaman, fakhar Zaman funny run out by Quinton Decock

Was Fakhar Zaman 'cheated' by Quinton DeKock? Twitterati seem to think so.

Cricket fans are upset at the Pakistan team's defeat to South Africa and Quinton De Kock "cheating" Fakhar Zaman of five runs.

Fans took the falling of Fakhar Zaman’s wicket hard at the end of a hard-fought battle against South Africa Sunday night. Since then, loud groups of cricket fanatics have taken to Twitter, creating a ruckus over their perceived “cheating” by De Kock and “poor officiating” by the umpires and match referee. Their cries have been echoed by cricket journalists and professionals around the world.

The deeply offended Pakistani fans are loud, but in all fairness, they’ve got a point.

Pakistan’s high-intensity run chase was led by opening batsman Zaman, our knight in shining armour, who played a tremendous innings, scoring a heroic 193 in 155 balls. The knock was record breaking, as he put up the highest individual score in a chase in ODI cricket history, and the second highest for a losing team. The way he got run out, however, is what sparked the immense controversy flooding your social media feeds.

Chasing 31 in the final over, Zaman faced pacer Lungi Ndidi for the first ball. He hit the ball down his off-side, and ran for a double with Haris Rauf on the non-striker's end. As Zaman made his way back to his crease, wicketkeeper De Kock’s gesture suggested that the ball, being thrown by Aiden Markram, was headed for the non-striker's end. Zaman, with his back towards the ball, saw the gesture and slowed down considerably, only to be stunned as Markram’s direct hit cut his extraordinary innings just short of his highly anticipated second double century in ODI cricket.

The internet went into a meltdown soon after, as fan claimed De Kock wilfully deceived Zaman, forcing the error that lead to his wicket. Cricket rules were searched up and published with tweets directly addressing world cricket’s governing body, the ICC, and the custodians of the sports’ rule book, the prestigious Marylebone Cricket Club.

The law being raised by observers and fans is Law 41.5.1, which states: “It is unfair for any fielder wilfully to attempt, by word or action, to distract, deceive or obstruct either batsman after the striker has received the ball”.

The MCC also addressed the controversy by highlighting the rule and said it was the umpire's call.

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