There was controversy over the capture of Marcus Harris. (Photo: AFP)
Before the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, the second unofficial test between India A and Australia A is being played in Melbourne. A decision by the referee on the second day of this match has created controversy. Actually, a very strange incident was seen in India. A Tanush Kotian spinner. There was a loud call to catch his ball against Australian batsman Marcus Harris. At this, the umpire remained silent and did not give up, although it was clearly visible that the bat had the advantage. Indian commentators and players were surprised by this decision. Now there is a big fuss about this catch. It is said that there has been dishonesty with the Indian team.
Why was there controversy regarding the capture?
On the second day of the unofficial second Test in Melbourne, Australia, a batsman Marcus Harris was batting after scoring 48 runs. Then player Tanush Kotian came to bowl. Marcus Harris went to defend his ball and the ball went to the edge of the lugger slip. The Indian players made a strong appeal in this regard. The players continued shouting but the referees remained silent. Kotian tried to demonstrate by making a hand gesture that the ball had hit the bat. Despite this, the call was ignored. All the players were surprised by this decision.
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Commentators also expressed surprise and said that at first glance the ball appeared to be touching the bat. However, the umpire believed that the edge of the pad and not the bat had been hit. After surviving this appeal, Harris added 26 more runs and was dismissed after scoring 74 runs. Thanks to their innings, Australia A managed to take the lead. India A had scored 161 runs in the first innings. In response, Australia A scored 223 runs and took a 62-run lead.
There was also controversy in the first game
During the first match in Mackay, on-field umpire Shaun Craig accused India A of ball tampering. After this, seeing scratch marks on the ball, he decided to replace it. There was an intense debate on the field between the umpires and the Indian players regarding this. India goalkeeper Ishan Kishan was furious at the decision to change the ball and protested against it. About this he had a heated discussion with referee Shawn Craig. This heated things up.
Referee Craig was heard saying into the microphone that there will be no more discussion. Let the game begin. Kishan responded to this statement from the umpire: So, are we going to play with this, that is, with the changed ball? This was not an argument. This is a foolish decision. Referee Shaun Craig did not like this statement by the Indian goalkeeper and said that he will complain about this behaviour. This is beyond tolerance.
