Former India opener Aakash Chopra has questioned the umpires’ choices after Mitchell Starc caught Ben Duckett at Lord’s in the second Ashes Test. He linked Starc’s catch to Cameron Green’s catch of Shubman Gill in the 2023 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final between Australia and India at the Oval in June.
England’s first batter, Duckett, was not out in their second inning because the ball was caught after hitting the ground. At the same time, India’s young hitting star, Gill, was out in the WTC final when the ball was caught in a similar way.
Aakash Chopra thought about how Mitchell Starc’s catch, which was called not out, was one of the things that caused a stir in the second Test. The 45-year-old thought that Starc caught the ball and tried to get control, but then his hand hit the base. The former cricket player didn’t like this, saying that this catch was just as good as Green’s.
“Mitchell Starc’s catch is something else I remember. He caught the ball, got in charge, and then his hand hit the ground. One thing that worries me is that Cameron Green made a similar catch, but the third umpire called it out,” Chopra said on his YouTube account.
The former cricket player complained that judges don’t always make the same decisions. He said that when Starc did it, the third judge said it wasn’t out, which is wrong.
“When Mitchell Starc did it, the third judge said it wasn’t out because the ball touched the ground, but it was wrong. Really? This will cause a little bit of trouble. “The way you make decisions should be the same every time,” he said.
The bigger problem is that nothing is ever the same. Chopra Aakash Chopra went on to say that the biggest worry is that decisions aren’t always made the same way. He also said that the pictures might not be convincing for such small finds. Chopra also said that because they are using 2D pictures in a 3D sport, it looks like the ball touched the ground.
“The bigger trouble isn’t whether you’re right or wrong, but that you don’t stick to one thing. Once you agree that we shouldn’t make too many low catches because pictures are two-dimensional and cricket is a three-dimensional sport, you will always feel that the ball hit the ground in low catches, but you might not be able to prove it,” said the former India opener.
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