Cheating happened with South Africa in the semi-finals! Questions were also raised on the decision of the third umpire, Not Out was given?

Aiden Markram Controversial Catch Out: Last Wednesday, March 4, New Zealand’s spinners performed brilliantly in the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup, after which, thanks to the tremendous batting of Marco Jensen, South Africa scored 169 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. On a pitch where it seemed a bit difficult to score runs, off-spinner Cole McConchie (2/9 in 1 over) and left arm spinner Rachin Ravindra (2/29 in 4 overs) attacked the star-studded Proteas top-order, due to which they were not able to put much runs on the scoreboard.

Question on Markram being caught out

There were a lot of expectations from Aiden Markram, but he was out after scoring 18 runs in 20 balls when he was caught by Daryl Mitchell off the bowling of Rachin Ravindra. Although Mitchell was also not sure, the third umpire felt that the catch was clean, but there was disagreement on social media about it. If the Proteas captain had not been out at that time, perhaps the course of the match would have been different. However, the umpire’s decision is final and has to be accepted.

New Zealand won the match easily

Later, while batting, New Zealand achieved the target in just 12.5 overs. Opener Tim Shiffert played an inning of 55 runs in just 33 balls. However, the most memorable inning was that of Finn Allen, who made the entire match one-sided and did not give even the slightest chance to the Proteas team to recover. He completed 100 runs in just 33 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes. Which is a big record, he was supported by Rachin Ravindra, who scored 13 runs in 11 balls. Allen was given the ‘Player of the Match’ award for his excellent batting. With this, the pleasant journey of South Africa came to a sad end.

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