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A former India player has branded the current team "liars" over the Boxing Day Test DRS controversy, saying Yashasvi Jaiswal clearly hit the ball when given out by the third umpire. Jaiswal was given not out by on-field umpire Joel Wilson, yet dismissed by third umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat due to a clear deflection that was caught behind. The absence of a Real-Time Snicko reading made the call controversial, with BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla claiming the opening batter was "clearly not out"; though the man who runs the company behind RTS, Warren Brennan, explained to CODE Sports: "That was one of the glance shots where there isn't any noise so Snicko shows nothing, only ambient noise.
I checked with the audio director and he said there was no noise either. Probably only Hot Spot could have resolved that one." Indian great Sunil Gavaskar slammed the dismissal, going so far as to say that the deflection was an optical illusion.
Yet former India limited-overs wicketkeeper-batter Surinder Khanna has slammed India's reaction. "There is no point in making controversy, they've shown it from four angles that the ball hit the gloves and its pace also decreased before Alex Carey caught it behind the stumps. Akash Deep also complained of a similar thing when he was caught out.
'Juthe log hai yeh' (These people are liars), you have to play fair first then only you'll start winning," Khanna told IANS. "When the bat is in your hand, how can you not know about edging the ball? We have played bad and we have lost. What kind of batting they're doing? Come the IPL, these players will hit runs.
Don't play over-aggressive T20 cricket and play positively. Let's hope that the luck changes in the New Year (for the Indian team)." A former India player has branded the current team "liars" over the Boxing Day Test DRS controversy, saying Yashasvi Jaiswal clearly hit the ball when given out by the third umpire.
Jaiswal was given not out by on-field umpire Joel Wilson, yet dismissed by third umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat due to a clear deflection that was caught behind. The absence of a Real-Time Snicko reading made the call controversial, with BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla claiming the opening batter was "clearly not out"; though the man who runs the company behind RTS, Warren Brennan, explained to CODE Sports: "That was one of the glance shots where there isn't any noise so Snicko shows nothing, only ambient noise. I checked with the audio director and he said there was no noise either.
Probably only Hot Spot could have resolved that one." Indian great Sunil Gavaskar slammed the dismissal, going so far as to say that the deflection was an optical illusion. Yet former India limited-overs wicketkeeper-batter Surinder Khanna has slammed India's reaction.
"There is no point in making controversy, they've shown it from four angles that the ball hit the gloves and its pace also decreased before Alex Carey caught it behind the stumps. Akash Deep also complained of a similar thing when he was caught out. 'Juthe log hai yeh' (These people are liars), you have to play fair first then only you'll start winning," Khanna told IANS.
"When the bat is in your hand, how can you not know about edging the ball? We have played bad and we have lost. What kind of batting they're doing? Come the IPL, these players will hit runs. Don't play over-aggressive T20 cricket and play positively.
Let's hope that the luck changes in the New Year (for the Indian team).".
