Umpiring standard in 2nd Test at Chennai

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First incident

 

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England were left frustrated after an umpiring error denied them a wicket on the first day of the second Test in Chennai.

Although replays suggested that Ajinkya Rahane should have been given out after a delivery from Jack Leach brushed his glove on the way to the short-leg fielder, the TV umpire, Anil Chaudhary, failed to check the correct passage of play and declined England's review.

The incident occurred in the 75th over of the day as Rahane prodded forward to a good-length ball from Leach. While England's appeal was turned down by the on-field umpire, Virender Sharma, they were quick to call a review.

Chaudhary, however, appeared to check only the moment the ball passed the bat. Having decided, correctly, that there was no contact at that moment, he returned his 'not out' decision without appearing to realise that the ball had, after that moment, ballooned off the pad and taken the glove, close to the top of his bat handle, before Ollie Pope caught it

 

 

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Just now Ashwin hit a boundary and ball was nowhere the pad, umpire gave it leg bye.

[sage]

Slightly off-topic but interesting video on umpiring 

 

[chewy]

Umpiring in 2nd Test, especially third umpire has been shambolic (except Nitin Menon)

 

These guys are making errors even with DRS and the errors are school boy level.

 

At international level there is no excuse for not knowing the basic rules. The Rahane glove edge not checked was unforgivable.

 

Need to suspend the third umpire, total incompetence.

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Nitin Menon has been good though.