Rishabh Pant dismissed in a controversial method© X (Twitter)
India’s wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant regarded destined to take the workforce to a comfort victory within the third and ultimate Check in opposition to New Zealand. After the hosts incurred one more top-order collapse, dropping 5 batters for simply 29 runs, Pant displayed an excellent counter-attacking knock to attain 64 runs off 57 balls within the chase of 147 runs. Nonetheless, Pant needed to march again to the pavilion after a controversial dismissal in opposition to Ajaz Patel that bought the world of social media speaking.
New Zealand appealed for a catch by the wicket-keeper however the umpire remained unmoved regardless of the sturdy enchantment by Ajaz and close-in fielders. New Zealand skipper Tom Latham remained unconvinced by Patel bought him to evaluation the choice.
Upon evaluation, it was discovered {that a} spike was witnessed on the snicko meter when the ball handed the bat. Nonetheless, at he identical time, Pant’s bat had additionally hit his pads. Regardless of the dilemma, the third umpire determined to offer the choice in New Zealand’s favour.
Fuming on the determination, former South Africa captain AB de Villiers highlighted the ‘gray space’ within the DRS know-how, whereas asking why hotspot shouldn’t be a part of the system.
“Controversy! Little gray space as soon as once more. Did Pant get bat on that or not? Downside is when the ball passes the bat at precisely the identical time a batter hits his pad snicko will decide up the noise. However how positive are we he hit it? I’ve all the time anxious about this and right here it occurs at an enormous second in an enormous Check match. The place’s hotspot?!”, De Villiers posted on X.
Controversy! Little gray space as soon as once more. Did Pant get bat on that or not? Downside is when the ball passes the bat at precisely the identical time a batter hits his pad snicko will decide up the noise. However how positive are we he hit it? I’ve all the time anxious about this and right here it occurs at a…
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) November 3, 2024
Upset with the third umpire’s name, Pant even had a short chat with the one-field umpire earlier than taking the heavy and gradual stroll again to the dressing room.
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