Shubman Gill’s controversial catch: Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag mock third umpire after the game-changing dismissal
Shubman Gill’s controversial catch: Ex-India openers Wasim Jaffer and Virender Sehwag took to Twitter to troll third umpire for giving India opener Shubman Gill out in India’s second innings in WTC final. Gill was declared out after Cameron Green took a low catch.
Jaffer and Sehwag claimed that the ball had touched the ground. “Inconclusive evidence. When in doubt, it’s not out,” Sehwag wrote.
“Third umpire watching the replay before pressing out,” Jaffer wrote in his tweet.
What is the full story behind Shubman Gill’s controversial catch?
On Day 4 of the India vs. Australia World Test Championship final at The Oval, a significant, contentious, and maybe game-changing occurrence occurred just before tea. Shubman Gill, the captain’s opening partner, and Rohit Sharma gave India’s chase of a record 444-run goal a spirited start identical to their first innings. Gill and Rohit scored easily on both sides of the wicket as India quickly reached 41 without losing a wicket in 7 overs.
In the first delivery of the Indian innings’ eighth over, Scott Boland got Gill to take a false shot. The ball stayed its line and caught the outer edge of Gill’s bat rather than moving in with Boland’s wrist position. He didn’t push at it, and to be fair to the right-hander, kept his hand as mild as he could. The tallest cricketer on the pitch, Cameron Green, dove to his left while keeping his hands low and snagged the ball just inches above the ground as it was dying down before it hit the slip direction.
Shubman Gill, on the other hand, maintained his position because he believed that the ball may have struck the ground before Green had full possession of it. The on-field officials ascended the steps. Keep in mind that the soft signal rule is no longer in effect, hence the third umpire had nothing to “overturn.” Based on the evidence he sees on the replays from multiple angles, it was either going to be out or not out.
Rohit, who had observed the catch from the non-striker’s end, made no effort to hide his displeasure.
Green stands by catch as Gill adds to controversy
Cameron Green insists he had no doubts his day-four catch was clean, despite Shubman Gill pouring fuel on the fire of the controversial World Test Championship final incident and India criticising the third umpire’s decision-making process.
Only fifteen minutes had elapsed after the close of play on Saturday before Gill tweeted two magnifying glasses and a facepalm emoji above a screenshot of a television replay of Green’s low-down catch in the gully.
But Green was adamant he had taken it fairly.
“At the time I definitely thought I caught it,” the allrounder told reporters at stumps with India still needing 280 runs to win with a day to play at The Oval.
“In the heat of the moment, I thought it was clean and threw it up and obviously showed no sign of any doubt basically. Then it’s left up to the third umpire and he agreed.”
Speaking to the BBC, Green added: “I know it looks a bit weird when you catch it in your fingers instead of your palm, but I knew I’d caught it straightaway … it was a pretty crucial one in the end.”
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