Bangladesh aim to reverse the result of the Asia Cup 2012 – Cricket News Update
Bangladesh is all set to send a formal request to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to review the outcome of the Asia Cup 2012 finale against Pakistan which the latter won only by two runs on Thursday, March 22.
According to the chairman of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961, who bowled the last over in which Bangladesh needed six runs to win the match, deliberately came in the path of batsman Mahmudullah which is a violation of ICC rules.
He disclosed that BCB would be demanding five penalty runs and if the request is approved by the ICC, then the ACA might have to reverse the decision of the final.
"We have seen video footage of the incident repeatedly. It is clear that Cheema blocked http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 deliberately. We will lodge a written appeal to the ACC very soon and will also give a copy to the International Cricket Council." Siraj said.
Meanwhile, BCB chairman failed to give any exact time frame in which the board would contact the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625.
No official response was available from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in this matter at the time of the filing of this story.
Playing the finale was Bangladesh’s highest honour in the history of the game, and after having an impressive tournament, in which they comprehensively beat tournament favourites http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
Being the hosts of the mega tournament, Bangladesh received enormous support from the fans, who wanted to see their side lift their first ever Asia Cup title.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c89559 that left Bangladesh fans overwhelmed.
On the other hand, Pakistan came in the tournament after facing humiliation by the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) and were seeking to redeem their honour by lifting the Asian Cup.
There were rumours before the tournament that Pakistan’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972’s future as the captain of Pakistan’s limited overs squad would heavily depend on the outcome of the tournament.
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