Former India allrounder Irfan Pathan took a jibe at Australia captain Pat Cummins and his team for asking a DRS on the umpire’s review. However, Pathan shared his surprise at Cummins’ behaviour and reminded them that it was not the year 2008 as well.

It happened early on Day 4 when Cummins bowled a full ball outside off and Mohammed Siraj tried to play but it flew off the outside edge to Steve Smith at second slip and he took the catch as well. The hosts were convinced that it was out and they even tried to go back to the dressing room to prepare for the next innings since it was the last wicket as well.

However, the third umpire ruled Siraj not out. Cummins was not happy and was even seen signalling for a DRS to the umpire as well. But, the umpire didn’t allow Pat Cummins to review the third umpire’s decision as well.  It was very unlike of Australia skipper who is usually calm in these situations and doesn’t react this way.

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Meanwhile, the 2008 Test series between Australia and India is known for its controversial umpiring decisions which led India to defeat in the series. During the series, there was an incident when Michael Clarke grabbed a catch of Sourav Ganguly and Australia’s captain Ricky Ponting signalled out to the umpire as well. Surprisingly, the umpire gave it out after Ponting’s signal instead of referring it to the third umpire. Later, it was found that the ball had bounced on its way to the fielder but that didn’t matter as India lost.

Irfan Pathan said while speaking on Star Sports during commentary, “Umpire ke review pe review maangte huye Pat Cummins. Australia ko lag raha hai ki yeh 2008 hai. Nahi, nahi, nahi, 2008 nahi hai yeh (Pat Cummins asking for a DRS on umpire’s review. Australia think it is 2008. No, no, no, this isn’t 2008).”