According to rules [I don't know if its changed now], Rawalpindi Rams WON Final last night and not Sialkot Stallions.
Before I present you with some facts. Kindly don't think that I am against Sialkot Stallions, in fact I was supporting them to win. But here are some interesting facts.
First of all, its pertinent to mention here that Stallions were 2 overs short that's why they are fined 10,000Rs for Slow Over-rate. Stallions have accepted the penalty without any appeal.
But the most interesting fact here is that: In Twenty20 Cricket, if fielding team is failed to bowl 20 Overs in 75 Minutes then 6 runs/over penalty will be added to batting team's score.
As Stallions were 2 overs short last night. So technically 12 runs could be added to Rawalpindi's total at the end of the innings, and then Rams would have won the match as they lost by 10 runs.
The same rule was applied in 2005 in match between Sialkot Stallions and Lahore Lions. Lions were 10 runs short of the target but they eventually won it when 12 runs were added to their total.
I don't know why this time penalty was not added in Rawalpindi Rams' total. The two best Umpires, Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf, were officiating the match. I don't know better than them but according to rules 12 runs penalty could be added.
The rule is still present in Twenty20 Rules on Wikipedia and some other sites. However, ICC's official site doesn't have this rule now in Twenty20 Internationals. I fail to understand whether the rule is changed or the rule is only for Domestic Twenty20 Cricket.
There is also possibility that the Umpires went with fine rather than 12 runs penalty to avoid controversy. As in 2005, when 12 runs penalty was added in Lahore Lions' total, it led to controversy because Shoaib Malik delibaretly lost the next match to keep Lions out of the tournament. Malik wasn't happy with Umpires giving 12 runs to Lahore. Stallions were knocked out and Shoaib Malik was handed international match-ban by PCB
Before I present you with some facts. Kindly don't think that I am against Sialkot Stallions, in fact I was supporting them to win. But here are some interesting facts.
First of all, its pertinent to mention here that Stallions were 2 overs short that's why they are fined 10,000Rs for Slow Over-rate. Stallions have accepted the penalty without any appeal.
But the most interesting fact here is that: In Twenty20 Cricket, if fielding team is failed to bowl 20 Overs in 75 Minutes then 6 runs/over penalty will be added to batting team's score.
As Stallions were 2 overs short last night. So technically 12 runs could be added to Rawalpindi's total at the end of the innings, and then Rams would have won the match as they lost by 10 runs.
The same rule was applied in 2005 in match between Sialkot Stallions and Lahore Lions. Lions were 10 runs short of the target but they eventually won it when 12 runs were added to their total.
I don't know why this time penalty was not added in Rawalpindi Rams' total. The two best Umpires, Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf, were officiating the match. I don't know better than them but according to rules 12 runs penalty could be added.
The rule is still present in Twenty20 Rules on Wikipedia and some other sites. However, ICC's official site doesn't have this rule now in Twenty20 Internationals. I fail to understand whether the rule is changed or the rule is only for Domestic Twenty20 Cricket.
There is also possibility that the Umpires went with fine rather than 12 runs penalty to avoid controversy. As in 2005, when 12 runs penalty was added in Lahore Lions' total, it led to controversy because Shoaib Malik delibaretly lost the next match to keep Lions out of the tournament. Malik wasn't happy with Umpires giving 12 runs to Lahore. Stallions were knocked out and Shoaib Malik was handed international match-ban by PCB
