AUS vs IND | Twitter questions umpiring after Kettleborough misreads Ultraedge to burn India's review

Arijit Kundu
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With the rapid advancement of technology in sports, one expects a fair amount of decision-making from the match officials. However, it hasn't been the case in the ensuing Border Gavaskar Trophy with the latest mishap being a TV umpire decision that favoured against the Men in Blue in Adelaide.

Australia's top-order fell prey to Jasprit Bumrah’s heat with the ball in the first hour of the morning session but Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne came to the rescue against the worn-out ball. The pair orchestrated a 65 runs partnership in between to keep the Indian bowlers at bay before Nitish Kumar Reddy turned out to be the visitors golden arm. With India looking to seize the moment and make further inroads, the TV umpire assisted new batter Mitchell Marsh in the 58th over. 

The third ball of the 58th over saw Ashwin spray a fuller one at the stumps that Marsh tried to prod forward and play at it. As the ball spun into the right-hander a tad bit, the batter was thud at the pad followed by the Indian appeal getting overturned by umpire Richard Illingworth. However, the visitors reviewed the decision and to everyone’s surprise TV umpire Richard Kettleborough hurried the decision and gave Not Out on the basis of Snicko. For a twist, the broadcaster replays showed a different angle that suggested that the ball hit the pad first. The Indian contingent seemed bemused by the TV umpire’s process who didn’t follow the protocols and avoided the ball tracking. Eventually, India lost a review due to ‘inconclusive evidence’ and the Twitterverse seemed visibly frustrated.

It was same





Very hard

Controversy

Pad first

Shocker

What was he doing?

Hill to die on

Bat first

True

Definetly pad first

It's Clear 

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