India, Nov. 16 -- It is unlikely that an India-Pakistan cricket game will pass without a flavour of controversy. On Sunday, the Group B encounter in Doha in the ongoing Rising Stars Asia Cup between the two arch-rivals saw Indian batter Ashutosh Sharma face a controversial dismissal and refuse to leave the crease, raging at the umpire.

The incident happened on the third ball of the 14th over when Saad Masood, who was the pick of the bowlers of Pakistan, dished out a googly. Ashutosh failed to read it as the ball struck the pads. The Pakistani unit broke into a loud appeal for a leg-before, and umpire Mahmood Kharoti obliged.

However, the batter was left in absolute disbelief. He was seen signalling the umpire that the ball was outside t...