Team India are currently taking on New Zealand in the 1st Test in Kanpur. While India could manage 345 runs in the first innings, they restricted New Zealand within 296 runs as well. Openers – Tom Latham and Will Young stitched over 100 runs on Day 3 before getting all out on Day 3 as well. Axar Patel claimed another five-wicket haul in Tests but it was Latham’s dismissal that stole the limelight.

He bowled a short ball and wide as well. The ball hit the rough and turned big with a bounce to remove the batsman and it bounced to the keeper, who quickly collected and stumped the batsman. Tom Latham had no chance because he didn’t only step out but ran out of the crease to play that ball as well. Latham got out for 95 as well.

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Meanwhile, the umpiring on Day 2 came under the scanner. And, former India player Aakash Chopra once again said it was the “very ordinary standard” of umpiring.

The former cricketer said: “We once again saw the same thing. Umpiring has been of a very ordinary standard. Tom Latham was given out like Shubman Gill but it turned out to be an inside edge. Nitin Menon, who is usually very good, the standard has fallen there as well… How many times did it happen today with Tom Latham? I have actually lost count. On one occasion there was no edge but the bat hit the pad, and the umpire gave him out then do you know what he [would have] said? “This umpire doesn’t like my face or what?” There was one more when Ravichandran Ashwin crossed the return crease, it should have been a no-ball but wasn’t given.”

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He continued: “Umpiring standards have been very, very ordinary… It’s not about the neutral umpires, it’s about the Elite Panel of Umpires. That is very important if you want to keep the umpiring standards up.”