Yashasvi Jaiswal’s dramatic dismissal has created a controversy on Day 5 of the fifth Test of the ongoing Australia vs India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Jaiswal attempted the hook off a Pat Cummins bouncer and replays appeared to show it just clipped the finger on his glove on the way through to the diving Alex Carey.
There was nothing conclusive on snicko as the television umpire looked long and hard at the side-on angle where you could see his right index finger touch the ball on the way through. It also looked like it changed direction after passing him.
“I can see the ball has made contact with the gloves. Joel, you need to change your decision.”
And with that, Jaiswal is out! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/biOQP4ZeDB
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 30, 2024
Jaiswal batted patiently for his 84.
Sunil Gavaskar on the dismissal
Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar slams third umpire Sharfuddoula and said Jaiswal was not out.
“If you are using technology, then use technology only. Whatever I am seeing, I always say that this is an optical illusion,” Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
“This is an optical illusion. There is snicko, what does snicko say? Snicko is a straight line. So it is absolutely not out.
“According to me, this is not out. If anything could be seen from snicko, then it was different. This is a wrong decision.
“Absolutely wrong decision. Otherwise, don’t use technology. If you are going to go with optical illusion, then don’t use technology at all. It’s simple. It’s very simple.”
Simon Taufel on 7 Cricket
Here’s how former Test umpire Simon Taufel saw it, also on Seven.
“In my view the decision was out. The third umpire did make the correct decision in the end,” he said.
“With the technology protocols, we do have a hierarchy of redundancy and when the umpire sees a clear deflection off the bat there is no need to go any further and use any other form of technology to prove the case.
“In my view, that decision was out. The third umpire did make the correct decision in the end.”
– Simon Taufel on the process in using DRS, and why he believes the right decision was made #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/ORbxqYyBcG
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 30, 2024
“The clear deflection is conclusive evidence. In this particular case what we have seen from the third umpire, is they’ve used a secondary form of technology, which for whatever reason hasn’t shown the same conclusive evidence of audio to back up the clear deflection.
“In the end the third umpire did the right thing and went back to the clear deflection and overturned the umpire field. So, in my view correct decision made.”
“I can see the ball has made contact with the gloves. Joel, you need to change your decision.”
“In my view, that decision was out. The third umpire did make the correct decision in the end.”
Ricky Ponting on Jaiswal dismissal
“They make of it what they like. It clearly hit the glove. And I caught it at the time, Jaiswal actually started to walk.
“They can make of it what they like. That clearly hit the glove.”
“As far as I’m concerned, there’s no argument whatsoever.”
– Ricky Ponting on the Jaiswal wicket #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/IWcJKHBbzV
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 30, 2024
“As soon as the Aussies went upstairs he started to take a couple of steps away. Snicko hasn’t proven it to be correct, but the umpire picked up the deflection and froze it where the ball was on the end of the glove.
“As far as I’m concerned, there is no argument whatsoever.”
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