‘Disgraceful’: Did India bully umpires to win Japan T20 cricket match?
India survive a big scare against the hosts, beating them by two runs in a rain-hit T20 match in Sano, Japan.
Cricket world champions India are being accused of bullying the umpires in a Twenty20 match against minnows Japan, who came very close to scripting a major upset but fell short by two runs in a one-off encounter before the Asian Games.
Set a modest target of 33 by the three-time T20 world champions in a rain-curtailed match, Japan ended their innings on 30-3, handing India a two-run win at the Sano International Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
However, the match took a controversial turn in the final over as the hosts inched closer to the target.
But the Indian captain and bowler showed no such restraint. Subsequently, the umpire overturned his decision without seeing any evidence that suggested he had been wrong in calling a wide.