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Virat Kohli out today: Umpire Virender Sharma gives controversial decision as Virat Kohli walks back for a duck in Mumbai Test

Dixit Bhargav
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Virat Kohli out today: Umpire Virender Sharma gives controversial decision as Virat Kohli walks back for a duck in Mumbai Test

Virat Kohli out today: The Indian captain was given out controversially by third umpire Virender Sharma at the Wankhede Stadium today.

During the first day of the second Test of the ongoing New Zealand’s tour of India in Mumbai, India captain Virat Kohli became victim of a controversial decision which saw him walking back to the dressing room for 0 (4).

It all happened on the last delivery of the 30th over when Kohli was initially found wanting in front of the stumps by New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel. Wanting to defend a delivery on the front foot, Kohli was stuck on the front pad as umpire Anil Chaudhary ruled him out.

Kohli, who was quick to challenge Chaudhary’s decision, had given the impression of inside-edging the ball on to his pad. While replays appeared to have confirmed the same, third umpire Virender Sharma thought of the otherwise which costed India a massive wicket.

Asking the TV producer for more replays, Sharma was often heard about the absence of “conclusive evidence” to overturn Chaudhary’s decision. What seemed to have confused Sharma was the ball hitting the bat and pad with no time in between.

Certainly not happy with the decision, Kohli was seen debating with square leg umpire Nitin Menon before walking off the field. Patel, who had dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara (0) in the same over, picked three wickets within 10 deliveries to reduce the hosts to 80-3. It is worth mentioning that England’s James Anderson had also dismissed Pujara and Kohli cheaply in the same over in Nottingham earlier this year.

As far as the third umpire is concerned, readers must note that Sharma had come under the scanner due to the lack of a conclusive evidence during an India-England T20I earlier this year as well.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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