Premier India batter Virat Kohli was accused of “cheating” in his team's five-run victory against Bangladesh during the last edition of the T20 World Cup in Australia in 2022. Bangladesh wicketkeeper batter Nurul Hasan alleged that Virat Kohli was involved in an act of “fake fielding” during the Bangladesh run chase after India put a mammoth total of 184/6 on the board, thanks to the latter's unbeaten knock of 64 off 44 deliveries.

However, a day after the match, Virat Kohli found himself on top of the trending charts on Twitter following Nurul Hasan's accusations.

With Bangladesh eventually losing the rain-curtailed game against India by 5 runs, a section of netizens took to Twitter to blast Virat Kohli.

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While some called him a “cheater”, others labeled him as “shameless” and there were some who even suggested that BCCI should buy the T20 World Cup for the Indian team rather than asking its cricketers to commit such “trickery” on the field.

The incident happened to have taken place in the seventh over the Bangla Tigers' run chase. With Bangladesh chasing India's steep total of 184, Litton Das was going all guns blazing, smashing the opposition's bowlers all over the park. In the process, Litton Das struck a shot in the deep and as Arshdeep Singh threw the ball back toward India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, who was fielding at point, feigned to have collected it before taking a shot at the non-striker's end.

But as nobody noticed the controversial episode, the on-field umpires, Chris Brown and Marais Erasmus, didn't take any kind of action.