Dismissal of Suryakumar Yadav’s dismissal in the 4th T20I between India and England led to quite a stir on social media, with many, including former England off-spinner Graeme Swann, taking exception to the decision to give the batsman out. Yadav hooked Sam Curran to fine-leg and Dawid Malan, who came running from the boundary, seemed to take the catch.
The on-field umpire, Ananthapadmanabhan, while checking with the TV umpire, gave a soft signal of out, and thereafter the umpire Virender Sharma, who checked quite a few replays, decided to stay with the on-filed ‘out’ decision. Tweeting about the same, Graeme Swann said, “Personally, and do bear that as a bowler I thought everything was out, I think that was a stinking decision.”
Personally, and do bear in mind that as a bowler I thought everything was out, I think that was a stinking decision.
— Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66) March 18, 2021
The veteran English fast bowler Stuart Broad, who was part of the Test squad, seems to be in an agreement with Swann and had his own two bits to add about the decision, especially the on-field umpire’s soft signal.
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“Tweeting about soft-signal, Stuart Broad said, It’s the “soft signal” that is odd,” Broad tweeted. “Hard for the off field umpire to overturn. ‘Let’s go upstairs cause I don’t have a clue but I’m guessing (soft signal) that it’s out’. Malan’s Twitter feed will be ugly- but he wouldn’t have known the ball hit the ground diving forward at pace.”
It’s the “soft signal” which is odd. Hard for off field umpire to overturn. ‘Let’s go upstairs cause I don’t have a clue but I’m guessing (soft signal) it’s out.’
Malan’s Twitter feed will be ugly- but he wouldn’t have known the ball hit the ground diving forward at pace https://t.co/hCwlFQKpIf— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) March 18, 2021
Former India cricketers including Wasim Jaffer and Virender Sehwag also had their say on Twitter with some rather mischievous tweets. Here are some of the reactions:
Violets are blue, so is Sky
Dear @icc 'soft signal' why?
#IndvEng #suryakumar #NotOut pic.twitter.com/cCDYXjpMVt— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) March 18, 2021
Yadav was in sensational form, beginning his scoring in international by hooking Jofra Archer for a big six and went on to score his maiden half-century before being dismissed for 57 off 31 balls.
