Yashasvi Jaiswal’s dismissal became a major talking point on Day 5 of the Boxing Day Test.
During the 71st over of India's second innings, Jaiswal attempted to pull a short delivery from Pat Cummins but the ball went behind and was caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey.
While the umpire did not think that there was any edge involved, the Australian players were quite confident as they took a review. There was no spike on the Real-Time Snickometer (RTS) when the ball came in contact with Jaiswal’s bat.
However, the TV umpire was confident that there was clear deviation in the path of the ball due to a contact with the bottom glove. Consequently, the decision was overturned, resulting in Jaiswal engaging in a heated argument with the on-field officials before leaving the field.
Indian fans and some of the former cricketers, including Sunil Gavaskar, also questioned TV umpire Sharfuddoula’s call to ignore the RTS in Jaiswal’s review.
After the match, Australian captain Cummins also shared his views on Jaiswal’s contentious dismissal, saying that he was certain about edge despite the lack of a clear spike on the RTS technology.
"Oh look, I think it was just clear that he hit it. We heard a noise, saw a deviation, so it was absolutely certain that he hit it. As soon as we referred it, you could see him drop his head and basically acknowledge that he hit it. On the screen you can see he hit it," Cummins said at the post-match press conference.
Cummins also expressed reservations about the reliability of the Ultra Edge technology. However, he felt other evidence sufficiently supported the umpire's decision.
"Ultra-edge… I don't think anyone has complete confidence in it and didn't really show much but fortunately there's enough other evidence to show it was clearly out," he added.
Coming to the match, Australia registered a thumping 184-run victory to take a 1-0 lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Chasing 340, India’s second innings folded for 155 in 79.1 overs, including seven wickets in the final session. Cummins and Scott Boland returned with three wickets each while Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Travis Head shared the remaining four scalps among them.
Lauded his team's bowling performance, Cummins said: "To be honest, I reckon that the first session was close to perfection from a bowling point of view. I thought we were excellent. All the guys didn't really give any bad balls away. I didn't know what their plan was going to be but honestly I don't think we really gave them the chance to fight back at us too much."
The skipper likened this victory to Australia's win against England at Edgbaston in the 2023 Ashes series. "I reckon this (victory) is right at the top. Yeah, Edgbaston (2023) was pretty special and I reckon this is pretty much on par," he remarked.
Looking ahead, Cummins highlighted the importance of rest and recovery before Sydney Test. He acknowledged the short turnaround time between the fourth and fifth Test match.
"Yeah, you know it's a short turnaround so yeah I think we'll definitely save you this one. You work so hard over five days to win a Test match like this and I'm sure there'll be a lot of sitting around tonight and a couple of boys might have a beer," he said.
"Some others might not have, you know, water and some protein shakes and an early night but we'll save this for a couple hours at least and then it'll be recovery for the next few days.
"I'm sure the batters will have a hit, the bowlers I dare say will be very light on and then you gear up again for the last Test of the summer. So, mix of happiness and rest I reckon the next three days," he noted.