The fourth Test between India and Australia at the Ahmedabad venue is going interestingly. Australia, who batted on the first two days, scored a huge score of 480 runs and got all out, while Team India is also taking steps towards a bold reply. Captain Rohit was dismissed for 35 runs but Shubman Gill scored 128 runs and registered a record century…
Shubman Gill was the top scorer for Team India in T20s, ODIs and Tests this year. Along with Shubman Gill’s century, Chhateshwar Pujara’s 42 and Virat Kohli’s unbeaten half-century led the Indian team to 289 for 3 at the end of the third day.
But Team India, who started batting on the third day at the overnight score of 30/0, got a shock at the beginning. In the 18th over of the innings, Shubman Gill and Nathan Lyon were caught in front of the wickets. Even though the umpire declared not out, Australia took a review.
The TV replay showed the ball hitting the wickets directly. With this, Shubman Gill got ready to join the pavilion with great disappointment. But both Australia and Shubman Gill were also shocked when the third umpire declared not out… this is because of the 3 meter rule…
Shubman Gill left the crease to play a shot off the bowling of Nathan Lyon. This is what saved him. Ball tracking showed that after hitting Gill, the ball hit the wickets only after traveling a distance of 3 meters. Ball tracking is technically performed by predicting whether the ball will go in this direction. But it cannot be said that the ball will necessarily go in the same direction…
That’s why cricket umpires give more priority to field umpire’s decision than technique by umpire’s call. Therefore, estimating the distance of 3 meters is not technically accurate. That’s why according to the 3 meter rule, even if the ball hits the wickets, the third umpire gave priority to the decision of the field umpire and declared it as not out…
Australia, who took DRS, had to lose a review. By the time this happened Shubman Gill’s score was only 35 runs. After that, Team India lost their first wicket in the form of Rohit Sharma in just three overs. Shubman Gill, who shared a partnership of 71 runs with Rohit Sharma for the first wicket, registered a huge partnership of 113 runs for the second wicket with Chhateshwar Pujara…
Shubman Gill entered the pavilion with a 58-run partnership for the third wicket with Virat Kohli. Shubman Gill’s fifth century this year… second century in Test career.
