Former India player Aakash Chopra recently revealed how he was wrongly adjudged lbw by Steve Bucknor during the 2004 Pakistan series. He shared that the decision came during an important innings as his place in the playing XI was on the line.
Chopra also stated that Bucknor gave him out despite the ball taking the inside edge off his bat before hitting the pad as well.

He said on the YouTube channel Khaane Mein Kya Hai: “The man actually took pleasure in telling me that he gave me out. It was the second Test match in Lahore; I got an inside edge off Shoaib’s ball. My place is hanging in the balance because Saurav was coming back; he had already said Yuvraj Singh is going to open, but my second inning is not done yet, so I can still score runs and save my place.”

“I got an inside edge, and the ball hit the pad. He gave it out. I was distraught. There was no DRS back then. It was a very important knock as I was 100 percent going to get dropped in Rawalpindi if I didn’t score. “Then he (Steve Bucknor) met me at the reception of the hotel. He is standing next to me and telling the receptionist, ‘I gave him out.’ Why are you so proud of that? There was an inside edge. Now what is this? He was crazy,” he further added.

Aakash Chopra also stated that Steve Bucknor’s controversial decisions went against India several times. He also joked that the Indian team even considered sending a pillow to the umpire’s room as he was sleeping throughout the match as well.

“He (Steve Bucknor) was against India. There was a Test match in Sydney where we actually said, ‘Let’s send a pillow to his room,’ because he was sleeping. We should have won that Test match. He didn’t give out when Justin Langer was hit on the pad in front of the middle. Just take the pillow if you want to sleep,” he concluded.