India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin created a lot of buzz after New Zealand spinner Ejaz Patel was dismissed for a duck on the second day of the second and final Test at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.
Not knowing that Patel’s ball had slipped over the off-stump and removed the bails, Ashwin initially thought he had been wrongly caught behind.
He immediately signaled for a review, but soon realized his mistake and walked into the dressing room, even as the Wankhede Stadium screen flashed the decision under the review sign.
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The ball that overthrew Ashwin’s bails was actually a peach of a ball. The batsman stepped forward to defend, but the arc of the delivery was such that Ashwin could not reach the pitch of the ball as she landed in front and swung the bat around enough to shave off the off-stump.
Ashwin out on the first ball India 224 for six. His dismissal also put Patel on a hat-trick as the New Zealander had dismissed Wriddhiman Saha lbw with his previous delivery.
Axar Patel then joined Agarwal at the crease and the duo guided India for 291 before Agarwal fell to Patel for 150, the Kiwi bowler’s seventh wicket of the day.
India eventually managed to score 325 runs with Patel taking all 10 Indian wickets in the first innings.
Former Australian left-arm spinner Brad Hogg later tweeted that Ashwin should have consulted his teammate Mayank Agarwal before leaving for a review.
“Definitely India loses a review with Ashwin reviewing it. If you’re not sure why you’re out, consult your partner, not to be prompted by the umpire. #INDvzNZ,” Hogg said.
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