Roundup: Controversial umpiring decisions shatter Bangladesh hopes for cricket World Cup semis

A number of controversial umpiring decisions during India vs Bangladesh World Cup quarter-final have largely shocked Bangladesh cricket fans and apparently created a huge uproar in home and abroad.

In the second quarter-final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday, Tigers ( Bangladesh team) ended up losing the game by 109 runs to India.

Two On-field Umpires Aleem Dar and Ian Gould have come under harsh criticism for their 'no ball' call that robbed Bangladesh of Indian Rohit Sharma's wicket that was considered turning point of the match.

Angry Bangladesh cricket fans reportedly in capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country held street demonstrations and burned effigies of two cricket umpires and Indian cricket high-ups.

The potentially turning point of the match was witnessed by millions across the world as Ian Gould no-called Bangladeshi Rubel Hossain for a seemingly waist-high full toss in the 40th over of the match, leading Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star reported.

It said Indian Rohit Sharma clubbed away the delivery almost instinctively towards deep midwicket where the outfielder came forward to claim the catch.

To the dismay of Bangladesh supporters, umpire Ian Gould called out a no-ball and reprieved Rohit Sharma and India's chances of a huge score, it added.

When the replay was shown, the error in Ian Gould's judgment became apparent with repeated viewing as the ball was dipping sharply when the batsman made contact.

Such decisions are usually given by the leg-umpire but in this occasion Aleem Dar chose to remain silent, to the mystery of Bangladesh fans.

Rohit Sharma was batting on 91 when he became the beneficiary of this dubious decision, and went on to score 137 runs for his team.

Earlier in the 34th over, Mashrafe's LBW shout was turned down by Ian Gould when replays showed "majority of the ball had pitched in line with the stumps".

Bangladeshi Captain Mashrafe was quick to call for a review but the third umpire ruled in favor of the batsman, Suresh Raina who was batting on ten runs.

He went on to make 65 and pushed India's score beyond 300 against the Tigers.

When Bangladesh was batting, their supporters once again found reasons for frustration when Bangladeshi Batsman Mahmudullah was given out in the 17th over.

Leading local news agency bdnews24.com reported that many former cricketers, experts and cricket fans took to Twitter and other social networking sites to criticize the umpires' decision.

Bangladesh fans did not take it lightly either and the social media was abuzz with harsh criticisms, it said.

But the first reaction came from Australian legend Shane Warne, who was commentating on TV when it all happened.

"That should have been a wicket. The ball was under the waist. He (Aleem Dar) has lost his confidence," Warne was quoted as saying in bdnews24.com report.

Even former India batsman VVS Laxman felt it was not a no-ball. "Bad decision from Gould, was definitely not above the waist. Lucky break for Rohit. this can be the difference in getting extra 20 runs #CWC2015," he tweeted.

Sports journalist and ESPNcricinfo Editor-in-Chief Sambit Bal also thought it was a blunder by the umpires.

He tweeted, "Cricket needs to change this rule. An obvious error from the onfield umpire should get corrected by the third umpire. It's common sense."

International Cricket Council (ICC) President Mustafa Kamal Thursday said Bangladesh will appeal against the umpiring decisions during Bangladesh's quarterfinal game against India in Melbourne.

Kamal, also planning minister of Bangladesh, said if necessary, he will resign as ICC chief protesting the "controversial decisions" made by the umpires.

The ICC chief made the comments while talking to several private television channels in Australia. Endite