At the end of Day 4 (June 10) of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final, Team India was at 164 for 3. They still need 280 runs to win and reach the peak of 444. After Rohit, Shubman Gill, and Cheteshwar Pujara were out, Virat Kohli (44*) and Ajinkya Rahane (20*) helped India come back. Kohli and Rahane have put together 71 runs without losing a wicket to keep India in the running for the title.
As Australia’s Cameron Green attempted to hold on to a somewhat dubious catch when India’s run chase began, the third umpire called out the first batsman, Shubman Gill. Gill’s dismissal caused a stir, as many cricket experts pointed out that Green’s hand was not under the ball when he caught it. It happened in India’s second innings, in the eighth over, when Gill hit a length ball from Scott Boland straight to Green in the gully area. In a post on social media, the young Indian starter talked about how upset he was about the decision that got him sent off. After the game, the 23-year-old shared a picture of Green’s catch with a magnifying glass emoticon.
But the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seems to have told Gill in a roundabout way that he should be a good sport about it. In a conversation with an Indian news outlet, Rajeev Shukla, who is the vice president of the BCCI, shared his thoughts on the problem. He said there was no reason to argue about the decision and that the third umpire’s ruling should be accepted.
“We shouldn’t start a fight about this. The Hindustan Times reported that Shukla said, “We should accept the decision of the third umpire.”
Later, he said that India could still try to reach the goal on Day 5 of the one-off Test.
Shukla said, “Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli are doing well at bat, and if everyone plays safe, we can get to the goal because it’s not that big.”
During the news conference after the game, Green said that he was sure he had caught the ball. The all-rounder, who is 24 years old, also said that in the heat of the moment, he thought it was clean and threw it up without any sign of question.
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