What ICC rule book say about the “DEAD ball” controversy of IND V/S PAK match?

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The last over of IND vs PAK match happened on sunday is been a talk of the town from last 2 days. The reason behind is the 3 runs scored by VIRAT KOHLI on free-hit delivery. The overall scenes look like a movie with a sudden twist. 4th delivery of Mohammad Nawaz’s over (which was already declared a Free-hit) went to the third man by dismissing the stumps and both the batsman took 3 runs. Pakistan players thought that umpire would declare it as a DEAD ball as it has dismissed the STUMPS. Now the million dollar question is

“WHY IT WAS NOT DECLARED AS A DEAD BALL?”

After India’s win, This was the most discussed and debated topic amongst the cricket lovers and experts as well. A large fraction of Pakistani audience believed it was an unfair decision to them that cost them the match. On the other hand Indian audience believed that it was fair decision. Now as per the situation, we will explain you what exactly the ICC rule states for such condition.

CASE 1) If the batsman is BOWLED-OUT on a fair delivery:

In this scenario, once the bails are dismissed, no run could be scored on the same delivery as the outcome of bowl is already been drawn.

CASE 2) If the batsman is BOWLED-OUT on a FREE-HIT:

In this scenario, batsman could score the runs. he/she can’t be given out but, the catch is all runs scored would be counted as extra instead of going into batsman account.

Which eventually means that as per ICC rule, those 3 runs were legit and fair.

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