Moments before Tea on Day 4 of the WTC Final 2023 at The Oval, the match got marred with a controversy as Shubman Gill was given out to an unclean catch by Cameron Green in India’s second innings.
This created a big debate on social media with many fans claiming that either the ball was touching the ground through the gap between Cameron Green‘s fingers in the hand in which he took the catch, or that since it was so inconclusive, the batsman should have gotten the benefit of doubt.
Former India opener and a renowned trolled on social media Virender Sehwag gave his verdict on this controversy. Sehwag was pretty certain that Gill was not out.
“Inconclusive evidence. When in doubt, it’s Not Out” Sehwag tweeted.
Sehwag also trolled the third umpire with a picture of a man with blindfolds.
Here, check out Virender Sehwag’s tweet trolling third umpire on Shubman Gill’s controversial dismissal:
Boland pitched it on good length outside off-stump and Shubman Gill edged it to the vacant third/fourth slip area. However, Cameron Green leapt from fine gully and went low one-handed to grab the ball. In his movements of completing the catch, Green’s hand brushed the grass and he was on the ground.
The on-field umpires weren’t sure whether it was a clean catch or not. With inconclusive evidence, they sent it upstairs to the third umpire Richard Kettleborough, who took a long time and saw the replays with different angles. Kettleborough arrived at the decision that the fingers of Green’s left-hand were underneath the ball and gave Shubman Gill out.
This decision from the third umpire – giving the batsman out despite not having a conclusive evidence – didn’t sit right with the Indian fans.
Meanwhile, Australia have set India a gigantic target of 444 runs in the WTC Final 2023.
Australia started the day with a lead of 296 runs. Umesh Yadav dismissed Marnus Labuschagne early in the morning, however, Alex Carey and Cameron Green kept the Indian bowlers at bay for most of the first session, until Green got out to Ravindra Jadeja. After lunch, Carey brought up his fifty, taking Australia’s lead past 400 runs. Some late hits from Mitchell Starc helped Australia get quick runs at the end and set India a gigantic target with about 130 overs left in the game.
