Apart from the hosts bowlers’ dominance, the highlight of the first two sessions’ play in the third Test between India and England was a controversial decision involving Shubman Gill.
After England got bowled out for 112 in their first innings, Gill came out to open the innings alongside Rohit Sharma.
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In the second over of India’s innings, Gill edged a delivery from Stuart Broad at second slip, where Ben Stokes seemed to have caught the ball. However, the on-field umpire preferred to go upstairs while giving OUT as soft signal.
After seeing the replay just once, third umpire C Shamshuddin felt the catch was not clean and overruled the on-field soft signal.
The hurried decision made by the third umpire infuriated the visitors as the likes of Broad, James Anderson and Joe Root were seen arguing with on-field umpire Anil Chaudhary while Stokes was seen laughing and clapping in disbelief.
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Meanwhile, India skipper Virat Kohli also saw the replay on the big screen and reacted animatedly from the dugout.
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India went to the dinner break with a score of 5/0 on the board. While Gill was yet to open his account, Rohit was batting on 5 not out.