Sri Lanka’s Captain Dinesh Chandimal was involved in an act of fake fielding during the third day of the first test match against India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The incident took place during the 53rd over when Bhuvneshwar Kumar played a shot through covers. Chandimal was fielding at the cover and put in a slide despite the ball being away from him. The Sri Lankan captain faked that the ball was in his hand.
According to ICC’s new rule, which came into existence on October 01, 2017, the batting team should be awarded five runs if there is any instance of fake fielding.
However, umpires seemed to have missed the fake fielding and Sri Lanka got away without being penalised. This left Indian captain Virat Kohli unhappy and that was evident as camera pointed towards the Indian dressing room. Kohli was seeing furious and frustrated as well, as he was hoping extra five runs for his team.
