India captain Rohit Sharma opened up on the contentious decision by the third umpire to rule Rishabh Pant out, stating that he was not sure why the on-field umpire’s decision was overruled as well. However, Pant’s quick 57-ball 64 came to an end controversially in the second over after Lunch on the third and final day of the Mumbai Test as well. Notably, India faced a 25-run loss and suffered a 0-3 series sweep.
“About that dismissal, I honestly, I don’t know. If we say something, it is not accepted well,” Rohit Sharma said in the post-match press conference. “But if there is no conclusive evidence, it has to go, it has to stand with the umpire’s on-field decision. That is what I have been told. So, I don’t know how that decision was overturned since the umpire didn’t give him out.”
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“You know, the bat was clearly close to the pad. So, again, I don’t know if it is the right thing for me to talk about. It is something for the umpires to think about. Have the same rules for every team, not keep changing their mind. But again, that dismissal actually was very, very crucial from our point of view. Rishabh was really looking good at that point and it felt like he will take us through. But it was an unfortunate dismissal, got out and then we were bowled out right after that,” he stated.
However, reacting to the decision in his post-match press conference, New Zealand captain Tom Latham shared that the close-in fielders had heard two noises and decided to review as well.
“Yeah a few of us heard two noises so I guess when you review it in that situation you know you leave it up to the umpire’s hands, so we can’t necessarily see the footage that the third umpire gets so yeah, that’s certainly out of our control in terms of what and what that may look like. But you know we obviously heard a couple of noises and decided to take the review and obviously it fell on the right side for us so yeah that’s obviously up to the umpires it’s out of our control,” he concluded.
