Former England captain Michael Vaughan was incensed over batter Joe Root’s dismissal on day 3 of the ongoing fourth Test between England and India on February 25, 2024.
India’s innings folded for 307 runs with Dhruv Jurel top-scoring with 90 runs while Shoaib Bashir took 5/119. England’s second innings didn’t start well with R Ashwin taking three quick wickets but Zak Crawley scored a well made 60 runs.
Much was expected from the first innings centurion Joe Root, but he was dismissed by R Ashwin. In the 17th over of the England second innings, Ashwin's delivery crashed into Root's pads and although the umpire was not convinced, skipper Rohit Sharma went for a review.
The replay showed that the ball pitched on the leg-stump line and was going to hit the stumps. This meant that Joe Root was given out and he walked back to the hut for 11 runs.
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The dismissal wasn’t convincing enough for Michael Vaughan, who in a now-deleted post on X, expressed his disappointment.
He posted: "That looked a shocker for the technology .. more than half the ball was outside leg stump yet it came up Red !!!!!! Hawkeye is having a average series .. And it's done for England's best player Root.”
Vaughan later deleted his post and wrote on X - "Interested to know why we haven't seen many replays of the Root dismissal … Surely it's the main moment of the innings so far so we should be seeing it a lot more … Asking for a friend …".
He also posted a screenshot of ball tracking on Root’s dismissal and stated: “You can all make your own minds up.”
