IND vs NZ: Was Rishabh Pant not out? Rohit Sharma made a big revelation after the match was over
Rishabh Pant during India vs New Zealand match
In the third test match played between India and New Zealand, Team India had to face defeat by just 25 runs. Team India performed very poorly in the entire series against New Zealand and Team India lost the series 3-0. New Zealand gave them a clean sweep in this series. Team India had a target of only 147 runs to win in the third test match, but the Indian team was all out for 121 runs. However, there came a moment in this match when it seemed that Team India would win this match. Pant had raised this hope, but it did not happen and Pant was out in a very controversial manner.
Was Rishabh Pant not out?
During the run chase in the test match against New Zealand, Rishabh Pant played an inning of 64 runs in 57 balls. During this, he hit 9 fours and one six. When Pant was batting, it seemed that he could make the Indian team win this match. He was dismissed by Ejaz Patel in this match. Actually, Pant wanted to defend the ball of Ejaz Patel and he moved forward. Where the ball hit his pad and that ball was caught by wicketkeeper Tom Blundell.
The New Zealand team appealed very loudly after this ball, but the umpire gave Pant not out. After this, Kiwi captain Tom Latham took the review. Where it was not clear whether the ball hit the pad or the bat. The third umpire checked this ball for a long time and in the end he too could not reach any correct decision, but he asked the ground umpire to give Pant out. After this, all the Indian fans including Pant were quite surprised by this decision of the umpire. Rohit Sharma has also talked about this issue in the press conference.
Rohit Sharma said this
Team India captain Rohit Sharma said in the press conference after the match that if we say something then it will not be taken well, but if there is no clear decision, then the decision taken on the field should remain intact. That decision was very important for us. Rohit Sharma’s statement made it clear that he is not happy with the decision of the umpire. Apart from this, former South African cricketer AB de Villiers has also posted on X regarding Rishabh Pant. Where he wrote that Snico catches the noise when the ball passes close to the bat and pad. In such a situation there should be a hotspot.
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