Border-Gavaskar Trophy
AUS vs IND: KL Rahul’s CONTROVERSIAL dismissal causes outrage
Sourav Roy, Perth: Just the first session of the first Test between India and Australia in Perth, and the series witnessed its first controversy. Traditionally, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been full of controversial moments on the field, most of them going the hosts’ way. It was a similar case on Friday morning.
KL Rahul became the victim of a controversial DRS call on Day 1 of the first Test between India and Australia in Perth. Rahul was unarguably India’s best batter in the first session, buying his time to score 26 runs off 74 balls. Just as Rahul seemed to have settled in, he was caught behind. Though the on-field umpire’s decision was in the batting team’s favour, the third umpire got him to change the call after Australia made use of the DRS.
Rahul, while heading back to the pavilion, lost his cool and was spotted arguing his case with the on-field umpire. The India batter even suggested that there was a gap between the bat and the ball, which should’ve been enough for the third umpire to stick to the on-field decision.