The Lord’s Test between India and England has reached a very exciting turn. After the fourth day’s play was over, the Indian team chased the target of 193 runs and scored 58 runs losing 4 wickets.
Team India is still 135 runs away from the win. On the fourth day of the match, there was a very poor level of umpiring. Where the Australian umpire Paul Rifle gave several wrong decisions against Team India several times.
Bad umpiring in Lord’s Test
There is a lot of controversy over umpiring in Lord’s Test. In the third day’s game, Joe Root narrowly escaped LBW off Mohammad Siraj. India’s appeal was rejected by umpire Paul Rifle. In DRS too, the ball appeared to touch the stump modally. After this, questions started to raise on social media’s decisions. Washington Sundar later dismissed the route soon, but poor news of umpiring made the match even more disputed.
Many bad decisions on the fourth day
Lord’s Test match is going on between India and England. There have been many wrong decisions regarding umpiring in this match. There is a lot of talk on these decisions. A similar decision was seen in the third day game. Indian bowler Mohammad Siraj appealed to LBW out Joe Root. The ball was on the root pad. It seemed that the ball would hit the stump. Umpire Paul Rifle felt that the root was not out. He turned down India’s appeal. India used DRS. DRS showed that the ball is touching the stump. However, the decision of the umpire was not changed. Avoided the route out.
Many people questioned this decision. People said how the wrong decision can be made despite having DRS. Some people raised questions on the method of DRS. Questions were also raised on the decision of umpire Paul Rifle. People said that they should have taken India’s appeal seriously.
Shubman Gill also gave wrong out
Not only this, just before the end of the day, Shubman Gill was also given wrong out by umpire Paul Rifle. A ball from Bridan Cars went near Shubman Gill’s bat. When the England players appealed, the umpire rifle raised the finger without thinking. However then Gill took the review. The review revealed that the ball was staying far away from Gill’s bat. After which he was given not out.