A leg-before wicket appeal during the ongoing 3rd T20 International between Australia and India in Sydney led to a series of confusion as India’s reviewed the not-out decision given by the on-field umpire, but the review was turned down.
In the 11th over of Australia’s innings, Indian pacer T. Natarajan bowled a full delivery to Matthew Wade, who stepped down the track but missed his attempted flick as the ball hit his pad.
The visitors were not too optimistic in their appeal and the umpire was also unmoved, but Indian skipper Virat Kohli opted for the DRS review. As the third umpire started the referral process, there were some protests from Wade and the review was turned down.
As a result, Virat was left fuming as the ball tracking later showed that it was indeed out and the on-field decision would have been overturned. Having said that, New Zealand all-rounder Jimmy Neesham wasn’t impressed with the incident either.
“How good! Batter misses a leg-stump half volley. Bowler doesn’t appeal. The keeper turns down the review. Big screen dude plays the replay too early. Umpire accepts the review until the batter complains,” Neesham wrote on Twitter.
“That’s gotta be the most mistakes made in a 20 second window in all cricket,” Neesham’s tweet added.
Wade, who was batting on 50 at the time, went on to make the most of his reprieve, as he added 30 more runs to register his highest T20I score. He was then dismissed in the 19th over by Shardul Thakur. Also, this was Wade’s second consecutive half-century in the series.
Wade’s 80, along with a 36-ball 54 by Glenn Maxwell, helped Australia post a total of 186/5 in their 20 overs. The hosts are trailing 0-2 in the three-match series.