Controversial run-out: Did Quinton de Kock fake it for Fakhar Zaman to take it?

A debate broke out in Pakistan cricket circles with many blaming South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock for ldquodeliberating distractingrdquo Fakhar Zaman and leading to his controversial runout in the second ODI at JohannesburgIn a stiff chase of 342 Fakharrsquos smashed a spectacular 193 but his effort was not enough for Pakistan as the hosts levelled the series 11 with a 17run win at the WanderersFakhar was run out in the 50th over and replays showed that De Kock tricked Fakhar into believing that the throw was going to the nonstrikerrsquos end The South Africa wicketkeeper pointed his finger towards Lungi Ngidi but the ball was in fact thrown by Aiden Markram towards the rsquokeeperrsquos end and it was a direct hit Fakhar had slowed down his pace at the end of his second run and could not make it back into his creaseThis did not go down well with many in Pakistan cricket Cricket fans critics and some former players have pointed out that De Kock ldquodeliberately misledrdquo Fakhar into believing the ball was at the nonstrikers end and then ran him outICC Law 415 says Deliberate distraction deception or obstruction of batsman 4151 in addition to 414 states it is unfair for any fielder wilfully to attempt by word or action to distract deceive or obstruct either batsman after the striker has received the ballrdquoHowever the Pakistani opener who achieved the highest score by a batsman in a ODI chase refused to blame De Kock ldquoThe fault was mine as I was too busy looking out for Haris Rauf at the other end as I felt hersquod started off a little late from his crease so I thought he was in trouble The rest is up to the match referee but I donrsquot think itrsquos Quintonrsquos faultldquoI played a very good innings but it would have been better if we had won the matchrdquo Fakhar said The threematch series is now tied at one all with the third game to be played on Wednesday The hosts will be without five of their top performers in De Kock David Miller Kagiso Rabada Ngidi and Nortje who will be leaving for the IPL193No of runs scored by Fakhar Zaman against SA on Sunday the highest by any batsman in an ODI chaseTwoNo of 150plus scores by Fakhar in ODI cricket the most by a Pakistani player10No of sixes smashed by Fakhar on Sunday the 3rd Pakistani to do so in ODIsTweet talkTabraiz Shamsishamsi90Just 2 clarify QDK was NOT speaking 2 or pointing at the batsman he was asking a fielder to back up at the non strikers end Not Quinnys fault the batman turned around 2 see instead of completing the run safely which he should have done Stop the hate n Leave QDK alone PeaceShoaib Akhtarshoaib100mphWhat a master inning by FakharZaman Treat to watch Single handedly brought the game here Sad end to the inning Deserved a 200 Was the spirit of the game compromised by South Africa amp QuinnyDeKock69 in that run outWaqar Youniswaqyounis99Record breaking inning Simply Outstanding FakharZamanLive What about this cheeky giggle from Quinton tells youMonty PanesarMontyPanesarCompletely against the spirit of the game He shouldnrsquot have ran him out SA would have won the game anyway Whatrsquos happened to sportsmanship Cricket IPL2021 barmyarmy England India IPL This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever