WTC Final: "I Definitely Thought I Caught It"- Cameron Green Breaks His Silence On Shubman Gill's Catch

WTC Final: “I Definitely Thought I Caught It”- Cameron Green Breaks His Silence On Shubman Gill’s Catch

Last Update on: June 11th, 2023 at 01:28 pm

Cameron Green’s catch to dismiss Shubman Gill gave Australia a big opening in the final session of day 3 to make inroads into India’s second innings. Gill added a 41-run stand with skipper Rohit Sharma and was looking good for more till his innings was cut short by the controversial catch. Green took a screamer to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane in the first innings which was a clean catch.

Gill’s dismissal happened in the eighth over of India’s second innings. Scott Boland’s delivery which had a bit more bounce took the edge of Shubman Gill‘s bat and flew towards Green who was fielding at gully.

Green completed the catch which was then referred to the third umpire Richard Kettleborough. The replays had enough evidence that the ball touched the ground and that Green was not in complete control of the catch but he ruled the decision in favor of the fielding team.

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Indian fans have expressed their displeasure at the decision on whether the Australia all-rounder was successful in getting his hands under the ball and controlling it. Green immediately started celebrating the superb catch with his teammates.

Fans and many players debated whether the batter was out or not as well as whether Green avoided hitting the ball on the grass when his hand came on the ground after catching it as soon as the ‘out’ decision was shown on the huge screen. Gill and India captain Rohit Sharma were left unconvinced by the decision as tea was taken right away.

In the post-match press conference after the day’s play, Cameron Green opened up on his catch to dismiss Gill and spoke about it for the first time.

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I Thought It Was Clean: Cameron Green On Shubman Gill’s Catch

“At the time I definitely thought I caught it. I think in the heat of the moment, I thought it was clean and threw it up and obviously showed no sign of any doubt. And then it’s left up to the third umpire (Kettleborough) and he agreed,” Green said in a post-match press conference.

At the end of the day, India scored 164/3 in 40 overs with Ajinkya Rahane and Virat Kohli at the crease with scores of 20(59)* and 44(60)*. India require another 280 runs on day five with seven wickets in hand to win the ICC World Test Championship final.

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I Thought It Was Clean: Cameron Green On Shubman Gill’s Catch

Anshuman RoyContent Writer