Michael Hussey also said Hanuma Vihari was unlucky to be dismissed.
India batsman Hanuma Vihari. (Photo: AFP)
Team India lost middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari early on the second Day of the fourth Test match against Australia, but the decision was rather a controversial one.
Vihari was trying to sweep the ball of a Nathan Lyon delivery and it bounced more than he had expected and lobbed to short leg.
The on-field umpire, Ian Gould, gave it out, and soon Vihari gestured for a review. Even after multiple reviews, it was not confirmed whether Vihari had got any touch on the ball or not and this led to former Australian skipper Michael Clarke saying that the Indian batsman should not have been given out.
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“I don’t think that was out. The thing about snicko is it can catch a noise even if your feet ruffles the ground or your hands or feet move along the ground because you look at Hanuma, he went for the review straightaway and even Nathan Lyon was not sure if he had hit the ball,” Clarke was quoted as saying on Sony Sports.
Even former Aussie batter Michael Hussey also said Hanuma Vihari was unlucky to be dismissed.
“Well I think it’s very controversial to be honest, I didn’t think it was out. I thought there was a gap between the ball and the bat and certainly the movement of the Snicko didn’t marry up when the ball was passing the bat. Where that noise came from, it could be a spike scraping along the ground or it could have been anything. But personally speaking, I don’t think he hit the ball,” Hussey said.
“Same thing with the batsman. 90 per cent of the times you know if you have hit the ball and if you go for a review as quickly as Hanuma did, he knows it 99 per cent that he did not hit the ball,” Clarke added.
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