KL Rahul
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 has begun with the Perth Test. After winning the toss, Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah decided to bat first. KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal started the innings but couldn’t do anything special. The team received its first blow in the third over from Mitchell Starc in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jaiswal couldn’t even open his account. After this, Devdutt Padikkal also returned to the pavilion riding a duck. Virat Kohli too could not do anything special and became a victim of Josh Hazlewood after scoring only 5 runs. During this time, KL Rahul kept one side and gradually added runs to the team’s tally.
KL had almost established their footing after playing more than 70 balls when something happened in the 23rd minute that sparked a controversy. In reality, Team India had put 47 runs on the scoreboard after losing 3 wickets in 22 overs. Pant was present at the crease after scoring 10 runs and KL Rahul after scoring 26 runs. After this, Mitchell Starc came to bowl in the 23rd over. On the second ball of the over, Starc bowled a length ball which KL went to defend. The ball came very close to the bat and passed into the hands of the keeper. The Australian players made a strong appeal but were rejected.
Uproar created by the third referee’s decision
Seeing KL lose huge ground, Australian captain Pat Cummins immediately took a review. After this, it was seen in the replay that there was movement in the shot as soon as the ball approached the bat. The Australian players became emotional after seeing this on the big screen of the stadium and after a while, the TV referee also asked the on-field referee to overturn the decision. KL Rahul seemed quite disappointed with this decision because at the same time the peak was visible, the bat also hit the pad. During this entire incident, it was revealed that the television referee only had two angles available. Thus, KL’s wicket created a stir on the first day of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Now, many former Indian cricketers have raised doubts about the KL wicket.
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