Gulbadin Naib will face a ban for ‘Fake Injury’ in Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup match? ICC Rule says-

The Afghanistan vs Bangladesh T20 World Cup game saw a controversial moment, when Afghanistan’ Gulabdin Naib fell on the ground, apparently due to an injury. Naib, who was fielding in the slip corner, complained cramps during the 12th over bowled by spinner Noor Ahmad, after Trott was seen on camera asking his players to slow down as Bangladesh had fallen behind on the DLS par score in the rain-hit Super 8 clash.

The match was frequently interrupted by rain and Bangladesh, at that stage, were 81 for 7, 2 runs behind the DLS par score in a reworked chase of 114 in 19 overs.

“The coach sends a message out to say slow it down, slow it down and the first slip just dives on the ground needlessly. That is unacceptable. Gone off anyway. I get that might have gone off anyway for the rain,” Simon Doull said while commentating.

Naib was given treatment and was taken off the field by teammate Naveen-ul-haq and a support staff as it started raining again and players ran to the dugout.

“Kabi khushi kabi gham main huta hai(it happend sometimes when you are happy or sad) Hamstring,” Naib later said on X, along with laughing emojis.

So, will Naib be banned if he was faking an injury?

According to ICC’s Code of Conduct, under Article 2.10.7, ‘time-wasting’ is deemed as a level 1 or 2 offense. A maximum of 100% match-fee is fined for a Level 1 offense. Additionally, according to Article 41.9 of ICC’s playing conditions, a bowler or a fielder’s time-wasting is liable to be punished with a 5 run penalty. The umpire has the authority to give this penalty, but in the AFG vs BAN T20 World Cup match such a thing was not given.

No such news has come so far that the match officials and ICC are opening an investigation against Naib. Also, Naib has said that he was facing injury issues, which makes it difficult to prove if the time wasting was deliberate or not.

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