‘We would not have lost…’: Yashasvi Jaiswal’s coach makes Bold statement on 3rd Umpire’s controversial decision on MCG Test
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s coach Jwala Singh opened up on Indian southpaw’s controversial dismissal at the Boxing-Day Test during the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 against Australia, calling it an “over-confident decision” by third umpire. Jaiswal was looking fine on Day 5 of 4th Test, but got dismissed which caused in a controversy among the fans.
The incident happened during 5th ball of 71st over when Jaiswal tried to pull the ball away from Australian captain Pat Cummins. Australia made an appeal for the decision, but the on-field umpire turned it down. Cummins decided to take the decision to the third umpire, and that was where the controversial moment took place.
In the replay that showed, the ball seemingly deflected on its way to wicketkeeper Alex Carey, however, the Snickometer did not show any movement even though the ball clearly seemed to have deflected off Jaiswal’s gloves. Jwala Singh stated that in such decisions when the umpire is not 100% sure, then the batsman has the benefit of doubt.
“So, there is a basic rule of cricket. If there are such decisions where there is doubt and the umpire is not 100% sure, then the batsman gets the benefit of doubt. So, what happened yesterday when the on-field umpire did not give an out,” Jwala said
“And it was a very crucial shot for our India team. Because if he had played, we would not have lost the match. We would have drawn. So, when the on-field umpire did not give an out, he went through DRS and went to the third umpire. And the third umpire is totally dependent on technology. He looks at the camera and there are many other measures to judge whether the batsman is out or not,” he added.
“So, if the on-field umpire is not using a snickometer or a hotspot, I don’t know how much technology he is using. So, after looking at all these things, this decision should have been taken. If you just look at the camera and say that he is out and we will give him an out, then maybe it was an over-confident decision. Whether he was out or not, whether he hit the ball or not, I would not like to go into that topic,” he concluded.
After winning the 4th Test against India, Australia took a 2-1 lead in the five-match Test series and will now face India for the final Test match which is scheduled to begin January 3 to 7 at Sydney Cricket Stadium in Sydney.
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