One frame on the Snicko showed a spike in the frame right after the ball had passed Sundar’s glove, but none when it was closest to the glove. (APOne frame on the Snicko showed a spike in the frame right after the ball had passed Sundar’s glove, but none when it was closest to the glove. (AP)/Screengrab)
Captain Jasprit Bumrah, batting as non-striker, alongside Washington Sundar, expressed his displeasure after the DRS review and Snicko technology tossed up yet another inconclusive decision.
Bumrah had been battling with fellow late order bat, who played a pull on the backfoot to Pat Cummins, that was picked by Alex Carey. On-field umpire Saikat xxxxxx, did not reckon there was an edge, but Cummins and Carey after a light, not at all vociferous appeal, askedfor a review.
Third umpire Joel Wilson, overturned the decision. One frame on the Snicko showed a spike in the frame right after the ball had passed the glove, but none when it was closest to the glove. However Wilson was heard saying, “Yeah I have a spike. No gap between bat and ball. Back on field to Saikat. Saikat, you have to reverse the decision from Not Out to Out. You can signal now.”
Sundar would be devastated, and stood rooted shaking his head 16 times in silent disagreement before trudging back.
Indians believe they have been at the receiving end of some debatable decisions. While most accepted Yashasvi Jaiswal was OUT at MCG on 84, there were muttering over the efficacy of Snicko which hadn’t thrown up any spike then.
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It was against this backdrop that Jasprit Bumrah, the non-striker could be heard telling the second umpire, Michael Gough, “Last game he didn’t give OUT on Snicko. Now…it’s…” referring to the Jaiswal dismissal from Melbourne.
While many Australians on Twitter said Indians ‘were having a sook…” – a whinge, Snicko has consistently lost fans, if there were many in the first place with its inconsistency in interpretation. Pant had survived one a few minutes earlier. At various points, KL Rahul at Perth, Jaiswal & Akash Deep at MCG, and now Washington Sundar at SCG, have fallen to decisions that look unclear with the technology, with misery on both sides.
Another Aussie fan rant was that Indians were responsible for their own agony by rejecting Hotspot. However Hotspot has gone AWOL and it was speculated broadcasters didn’t go with Hotspot which malfunctioned in (high) heat and was expensive.
But many reckoned there wasn’t enough Snicko to overturn the onfield decision. “I’m sorry but that’s a crap decision!! Sure there was a spike but from the side angle there was a clear space between ball and glove. There is a lot of ambiguity with these kind of decisions. Benefit must go to the batter,” tweeted former international Robin Uthappa.
“No way is that out, that’s an awful decision,” England commentator Michael Vaughan said.
Channel 7’s commentator, former umpire Simon Taufel offered a nuanced take: “What Joel Wilson’s looking for here is that spike upto one frame past the glove, and he’s got the spike. There’s nothing else out there and the ball is underneath the glove. The third umpire is well and truly within his rights, according to protocols, to determine that’s conclusive evidence for the ball on the glove.”
Bumrah though, politely pointed out the inconsistency.
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