WATCH: Lokesh Rahul’s sportsmanship earns praise from umpire Ian Gould

Dixit Bhargav | 05/01/2019
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Lokesh Rahul’s sportsmanship: The Indian opening batsman didn’t claim a catch after the ball had hit the ground.

During the third day of the fourth Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Sydney, India opening batsman Lokesh Rahul put on display a perfect act of sportsmanship after he didn’t claim a grounded catch on the bowling of India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

Rahul’s act saw him earning praise from umpire Ian Gould. While most players tend to be unsure of whether the ball had hit the ground or not in such situations, Rahul clearly signaled it to the umpire despite his teammates having started to celebrate.

It all happened on the first delivery of the 15th over when Australia opening batsman Marcus Harris stepped out to hit Jadeja over mid-on. With minimal timing on the shot, Harris hit the ball just ahead of Rahul, who was fielding at mid-on.

With the ball dying at him, Rahul tried his best with his attempt of diving forward but couldn’t affect the dismissal. Having watched the proceedings, umpire Ian Gould was seen appreciating Rahul not claiming the catch.

Watch the full video below:

 

The Australian openers stitched a 72-run partnership before Usman Khawaja (27) was dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav. Australia lost wickets at regular intervals since then to be reduced to 236-6 in 83.3 overs at Stumps. With the hosts still 386 runs behind the Indian total, saving the match seems to be an onerous task for them.

Rahul might not be having the best day of his career with the bat, but this act of his gained plentiful approbation on social media platform Twitter. Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on the same below:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

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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