Leeds. Former batsman Sunil Gavaskar is puzzled as to why the England umpire objected to Rishabh Pant’s stance standing outside the crease during the ongoing third Test against England, as he believes the rules do not prevent batsmen from doing so. stop.
Pant revealed that he had to change his stance at the behest of the umpire as standing outside the crease to deal with the swing was creating footprints in the danger area of the pitch. Gavaskar, however, said that the marks made by shoes on the pitch do not determine a batsman’s stance.
Gavaskar said during commentary on Friday, the third day of the match, “If this is true then I was wondering why he was asked to change his stance.” I have only read about this. The batsman can stand anywhere on the pitch, even in the middle of the pitch. Batsmen sometimes play ahead against spinners (footprints can still form).’
At the same time, commentator and former India player Sanjay Manjrekar along with Gavaskar termed it absurd. It is known that the Indian innings was reduced to 78 runs on the first day of the match. Pant had mentioned the incident after the day’s play.
He had said, ‘I was standing outside the crease and my front leg was coming in the danger area, so they (umpire) told me that I cannot stand here. So I had to change my stance, but as a cricketer, I don’t think much about it because whoever did it, the umpire would have said the same thing to him. I didn’t do that on the next ball.
After this decision of the umpires, it is being discussed once again whether the ICC should use neutral umpires again. The ICC has allowed the use of home umpires due to travel restrictions during COVID-19.
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