During the first day of the second Test match on Saturday at Chepauk, third umpire Anil Chaudhary committed two stupid mistakes as the third umpire that could have turned the match absolutely in India’s favour. When Rohit Sharma’s foot was hit into the line on 159 when wicketkeeper Ben Foakes took the bails off yet Chaudhary, however felt there was an uncertainly when there wasn’t any, and gave it a not out. Rohit, however got out before long.
Afterwards, a couple of overs later, there was huge shout for a catch at forward short leg against Ajinkya Rahane off Jack Leach.
It went to Chaudhary again when he was given not out by the on-field umpires. Chaudhary, however, appeared to be in a tearing rush. He just checked whether the ball had hit the bat, which it didn’t, and gave Rahane not out. But Chaudhary didn’t bother at the subsequent replay, where the ball was hitting Rahane’s gloves prior to going to advance short-leg’s hand. The Mumbai batsman got a relief for Chaudhary’s mix up however it didn’t turn out to be too enormous an issue on the issue on the grounds that the Mumbai player was astounded next without adding to his aggregate.
The mistake in Rahane’s situation was even recognized by the Match Referee and the survey that England lost was restored.
It ought to be noticed that Chaudhary, as an on-field umpire, had given Washington Sundar not out for a got behind in the second innings of the primary Test when the young person himself had strolled off. It required a third umpire to give him out.
Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar said in commentary, “The Indian umpires should just take a little more time before taking their decisions. It’s not that they are doing a bad job, but why give a chance for criticism.”
