Last Updated:
Yashasvi Jaiswal was given out caught-behind by the TV umpire despite snicko not showing any spike.
Pat Cummins (left) appeals for a caught-behind decision against Yahsasvi Jaiswal. (AP Photo)
Australia captain Pat Cummins is certain that Yashasvi Jaiswal had edged a short delivery that resulted in the Indian opener’s dismissal in the third session of the 4th Test on Monday. The dismissal created a furor with the fans at the venue chanting “cheater” after the TV umpire overturned the on-field decision of not out despite the snickometer not registering any spike.
During the 71st over of the India’s second innings, Cummins tested Jaiswal, batting on 84, with a short delivery. The youngster obliged and went for a pull, a shot he failed to connect as ball nestled into the gloves of wicketkeeper Alex Carey. A loud, confident appeal followed but the on-field umpire turned it down.
Cummins reviewed and even though the replays showed the ball deviating, snicko failed to register any noise. The TV umpire though concluded that it was clear from the replay the ball had hit Jaiswal’s bottom glove and hence he’s out.
“Oh look, I think it was just clear that he (Jaiswal) hit it,” Cummins told reporters after Australia won the match by 184 runs. “We heard a noise, saw a deviation, so it was absolutely certain that he hit it. As soon as we referred it, you could see him drop his head and basically acknowledge that he hit it. On the screen you can see he hit it.”
Cummins though admitted that the technology cannot be trusted 100 per cent.
“Ultra-edge… I don’t think anyone has complete confidence in it and didn’t really show much but fortunately there’s enough other evidence to show it was clearly out,” he said.
India were bowled out for 155 in their unsuccessful chase of 340 with Australia taking 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Cummins was adjudged player-of-the-match for scoring 90 runs and taking six wickets during the math.
India were left struggling early in their chase after losing Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul for 33 runs. Cummins reckoned that Australian bowlers were perfect in the first session.
“To be honest, I reckon that the first session was close to perfection from a bowling point of view. I thought we were excellent. All the guys didn’t really give any bad balls away. I didn’t know what their plan was going to be but honestly I don’t think we really gave them the chance to to fight back at us too much,” Cummins said.
However, Jaiswal joined forces with Rishabh Pant to thwart Australia and a wicketless second session followed which improved India’s hopes of a draw.
The third session though saw India suffer a dramatic collapse as they slipped from 121/3 to 155 all-out. Cummins rates this performance on level terms with Australia’s thrilling win over England at Edgbaston in 2023.
“I reckon this (victory) is right at the top. Yeah, Edgbaston (2023) was pretty special and I reckon this is pretty much on par,” he said.
- Location :
Melbourne (Australia)
