Ollie Pope was given out after India opted to review an lbw shout against him in the final session of day two at Rajkot, generating significant reaction over the accuracy of the technology.
England made good progress in reply to India’s first-innings score of 445, mainly thanks to Ben Duckett’s 88-ball century. Pope came at the crease after Zak Crawley tried to sweep R. Ashwin, making it the spinner’s 500th Test wicket. England’s run rate was almost six per over as Pope maintained the momentum and got his first boundary with a down-the-ground six before hitting a four on from Jasprit Bumrah.
But when this alliance reached almost a century and things turned ominous for India, the Pope was surprised by Muhammad Siraj. The ball flew into the goal, almost appearing to go through the side of the leg, and then hitting Pope in the crook of his knee, with referee Joel Wilson missing the great appeals of Siraj and the Indian fielder. .
Shubman Gill also threw the ball into the stumps during the roll call with Pope. However, he missed the target and the ball went to his fourth over.
After discussion, Rohit Sharma decided to revisit the decision with replays showing the ball hit the flap of Pope’s front pad high. The ball appeared high at impact, but ball tracking showed it hit leg stump enough to be considered a full hit, and three reds meant Pope had to return to the dressing room. did.
At first glance, it did not appear that the ball had hit the stumps enough to cause it to fall, so the overturned decision left doubts as to whether the technique was reliable enough.
Looks high to me for 3 reds! ❌ https://t.co/0lCQ5k3ROK
– Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) 16. February 2024
Is DRS on the blink in this series??
– Paul Newman (@Paul_NewmanDM) 16. February 2024
DRS works differently in India! pic.twitter.com/EO7srZkYUD
– Basit Subhani (@BasitSubhani) 16. 2024 年 2 月
Will be intrigued to hear Ben Stokes’s view on DRS there…
– Will MacPherson (@willis_macp) 16. February 2024
Pope was out on 39 off 55 balls, leaving England with 177 wins and 2 losses. Duckett survived a review of the final over of the day, but it was found that the ball from Ashwin fell outside the line of his leg stump. England finished the match on 207-2, with Duckett scoring an unbeaten 133.
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