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Netizens Unhappy With Rishabh Pant’s Of Rassie Van der Dussen’s Wicket
By CricShots - Jan 4, 2022 5:11 pm
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After kicking off Day 2 of the ongoing Johannesburg Test with a commanding position, South Africa failed to make the most of it and now find themselves on backfoot. Resuming the action from the overnight score of 35/1, South Africa’s Test skipper, Dean Elgar along with Keegan Petersen made a brilliant partnership of more than 50 runs for the second wicket.

Shardul Thakur
Shardul Thakur bowled a brilliant spell

Shardul Thakur provided India the first breakthrough on Day 2 with the much-needed wicket of Elgar, who was dismissed caught behind on 28. Soon after the captain’s dismissal, South Africa lost two more wickets in quick succession as the hosts reach 102/4 at Lunch.

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Rassie van der Dussen was the last batter to be dismissed to depart in the opening session as he too fell prey to Thakur after being caught-behind on 1. However, when looked closely on TV replays it felt that the ball had bounced before settling in Rishabh Pant’s gloves.

Here is the video of the dismissal:

Mike Haysman and Sunil Gavaskar also noted the same during their commentary, with the legendary Indian cricketer arguing that the batter didn’t wait to recheck if it was collected cleanly and walked straight away.

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While commentating live, Sunil Gavaskar said, “He walked, nobody walks in today’s cricket. They might have fancy cars, that’s why they don’t walk. All of them have fancy cars so I don’t know why Van der Dussen decided to walk. Nevertheless, I think perhaps that is an indication that from here and in slow motion it might look that it might not have gone but Van der Dussen didn’t seem to have any problem with that.”

Here is how the fans reacted to the dismissal: