Joe Root’s dismissal during the fourth Test match between England and India© X (formerly Twitter)
Legendary England cricket team skipper Michael Vaughan took fresh aim at the Hawkeye technology over Joe Root‘s dismissal on Day 3 of the fourth Test match against India in Ranchi on Sunday. During the 17th over of England’s second innings, Ashwin’s delivery crashed into Root’s pads and although the umpire was not convinced, skipper Rohit Sharma went for a review. The replay showed that the ball pitched on the leg-stump line and was going to hit the stumps. However, Vaughan was not convinced with the decision and he took to social media to express his disappointment. “That looked a shocker for the technology .. more than half the ball was outside leg stump yet it came up Red !!!!!! Hawkeye is having a average series .. And it’s done for Englands best player Root,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Vaughan later deleted his post and wrote on X – “Interested to know why we haven’t seen many replays of the Root dismissal … Surely it’s the main moment of the innings so far so we should be seeing it a lot more … Asking for a friend …”.
Earlier, Dhruv Jurel hit a defiant 90 before England bowled out India for 307 to lead by 46 runs on day three of the fourth Test in Ranchi on Sunday.
Shoaib Bashir took one wicket in the morning session to complete his first five-wicket haul in Tests.
Fellow spinner Tom Hartley bowled Jurel to wrap up the innings on the stroke of lunch.
Resuming at 219-7 on Sunday morning, Jurel extended the eighth-wicket partnership with Kuldeep Yadav to 76 to frustrate England, who made 353 in their first innings.
James Anderson broke the stand when Kuldeep, on 28, played on to give the veteran seamer his 698th Test wicket.
The 41-year-old is now two victims away from becoming just the third bowler to take 700 wickets in Tests, after Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800) and the late Australian great Shane Warne (708).
Jurel, who made his debut in the third Test in Rajkot, hit six fours and four sixes in his 149-ball stay and picked up his maiden Test half-century.
The 23-year-old is the latest talented new player to shine for India in the absence of the experienced Virat Kohli and KL Rahul.
(With AFP inputs)
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