WTC Final: "One Or Two Camera Angles Were Shown, We’ve Got More Angles In IPL" - Rohit Sharma Slams Umpire For Controversial Decision On Shubman Gill's Dismissal

Last Update on: June 11th, 2023 at 08:47 pm

Indian Cricket Team would be in a state of shock after losing 7 wickets in the match and eventually losing the WTC final 2021-23 by 209 runs against Australia. Rohit Sharma was undone by the sheer brilliance of Nathan Lyon. Rohit Sharma had got a start but misjudged the line & length and was dismissed on 43 runs in 60 balls and struck 7 fours and 1 six.

It won’t be wrong to say that there was a lack of intent from Indian batters on the Day 5 of the morning session. The side lost 7 wickets for 55 runs and given the fact that the required run rate was just 3 runs per over as chasing 280 in 90 overs is not a tough task.

The rising pacer Scott Boland was the silent assassin, he took the massive wicket of Virat Kohli and targeted his off-stump weakness. Virat Kohli reached out for a wide-off stump delivery and then gave a catch to Steve Smith which ruined all of Virat’s hard work and put Australia in a state of ascendancy. Kohli was dismissed on 49 runs in 78 balls and struck 7 fours.

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I just felt disappointed- Rohit Sharma

During the post-match press conference, Rohit Sharma stated that the 3rd umpire should have seen the replay a couple of more times and said that the umpire should have had proper and clear information. Rohit Sharma pointed out that he was quite disappointed with the decision being made quickly regarding Shubman Gill’s dismissal.

“I just felt disappointed with – not enough. I mean, the third umpire should have seen a little more replays, a little more of, you know, how the catch has been held. I think it was three or four times he saw and he was convinced with it,” said Rohit Sharma.

“It’s not about whether it was given out or not out, you need to have proper and clear information about anything. It’s just not about the catch, it can be about anything. That was, that is something that I was a little disappointed with – the decision was made quite quickly,” he added.

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You need to be more than 100% sure because it’s a final- Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma questioned the match officials for not having more cameras and said that IPL has got 10 different angles and pointed out there was no ultra-motion or any kind of zoomed image.

“When a catch like that has been taken, you need to be more than 100% sure because it’s a final and we were at that important stage of the game as well. So that was to me a little disappointing. And more camera angles should have been shown,” said Rohit Sharma.

“There was only one or two camera angles that were shown. We’ve got more angles in IPL. We’ve got 10 different angles in IPL. I don’t know why in a world event like this, there was no ultra motion that was seen or any kind of zoomed image was seen. That is what I was a little disappointed with,” he added.

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