Ind vs NZ – 3rd Test – Rohit Sharma on Rishabh Pant’s dismissal – “The bat was clearly close to the pad”

Rishabh Pant's dismissal in India's fourth innings chase has emerged as a potentially game-winning moment in the Mumbai Test. He was awarded a caught batting field and DRS overturned the fielding umpire's decision and India captain Rohit Sharma is not sure if it was the right decision. Pant stood between New Zealand and a historic 3-0 series win with 64 from 57 balls and before his dismissal, India were 106 for 6, their target 41 runs away. New Zealand eventually won by 25 runs.

“I honestly don’t know about this sending off,” Rohit said after the game. “When we say something, it is not well received. But if there is no conclusive evidence, it must be consistent with the on-field referee's decision. That's what I was told. So I don’t know how that decision turned out.” overturned because the referee didn’t give it out.

“The bat was clearly close to the face. So again, I don't know if it's the right thing for me to talk about. It's something referees should think about. There are the same rules for every team, don't change your mind all the time.

New Zealand had already missed the chance to review an lbw hit against Pant earlier in the day when India were 59 for 5. Replays showed three reds for this incident. Then, in the 22nd over, Ajaz Patel appealed twice against Pant. Once for a catch at slip. The decision on the field was not made and DRS confirmed it.

Two balls later, Ajaz saw Pant storming out of his crease, pulling back his length and forcing the batsman to make a save. Pant had achieved great success in this innings, often hitting the ball straight and hard to the edge of the pitch. Here he had no choice but to try to adjust and the ball bounced away from him and into the goalkeeper's gloves. Ajaz and the close-in fielders thought there was an inside edge on his front field. Referee Richard Illingworth did not. New Zealand captain Tom Latham sent it up for review.

A spike appeared on UltraEdge as the ball appeared to pass the bat. But the racket and pad were also in close proximity at the same time, meaning the tip could have come from the racket touching the pad.

As the replays played on the big screen, New Zealand began to celebrate. Pant seemed completely flummoxed up to this point – he had taken a double-glove touch with his batting partner Washington Sundar as soon as New Zealand came in for the review; It was her last remaining review. Now he walked towards the field officials with his hand outstretched.

The third umpire, Paul Reiffel, determined in his assessment that the tip may have come from the face of the bat. But then, after more repetitions and back-and-forth motions of the moment the bat, pad, and ball were close together, he changed his mind based on what he thought was a distraction at the moment the ball hit the bat happened.

At the post-match press conference, Latham explained New Zealand's thinking on the sending off. “Some of us heard two noises and I think if you look in that situation, you leave the decision to the referee,” he said. “We can't necessarily see the footage that the third referee gets, so it's certainly out of our control what that might look like. We obviously heard some noise and decided to check and obviously it fell to the right side. “So it's obviously in the hands of the referees that it's out of our control.

New Zealand had reduced India to 29 for 5 through a change of order and looked to be the clear favorites to win. But Pant managed to turn the tide for a while and Rohit felt his wicket had a big impact on the game. “From our point of view, this sending off was really, very crucial. Rishabh looked really good at that point.”

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