Asia Cup final: ACC rejects Bangladesh's review plea

Asian Cricket Council chief executive says Bangladesh was late in filing the appeal.

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has rejected Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) plea to review the last over of the Asia Cup final against Pakistan.

Talking to Express News, ACC Chief Executive Ashraful Haq said that Bangladesh was 'too late' in filing the appeal as they should have filed their complaint to the field umpire or the match referee during the match.

Haq said that the ACC cannot accept BCB’s application anymore.

Bangladesh had said that it would appeal to the ACC to review the last over, accusing Pakistani paceman Aizaz Cheema of deliberately blocking batsman Mahmudullah Riyad from taking a second run.

The BCB chairman had said that Bangladesh would demand five penalty runs which if granted could force the ACC to reverse the result of the match in which Pakistan won against Bangladesh by two runs.