“Not Isolated Case”: Ex-India Star Slams Umpiring In Third T20I vs South Africa | Cricket News

Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has slammed the umpiring in India vs South Africa third T20I. The match at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday witnessed an enormous umpiring blunder when South Africa batter David Miller obtained a giant exterior edge on the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja. Apart from the bowler, wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma, who collected the ball behind the stumps, made an enormous attraction however umpire was unconvinced. To India’s poor luck, the Decision Review System (DRS) was not obtainable throughout that point attributable to some technical problem and that noticed Miller survive.

While slamming the umpiring, Chopra talked about that it was not the one case in South Africa.

Umpiring in SA is

And it isn’t an remoted case tbh. #IndvSA

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 14, 2023

Talking concerning the recreation, Suryakumar Yadav hit a blinding century as India levelled their sequence towards South Africa with a crushing 106-run win within the third and ultimate T20I.

Suryakumar made 100 in a complete of 201 for seven after India have been despatched in to bat.

South Africa crashed to 95 all out with left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav taking a career-best 5 for 17 on his twenty ninth birthday.

“We wanted to play a fearless brand of cricket. That was one box we wanted to tick – to put runs on the board and then defend it,” mentioned Suryakumar on the post-match presentation when he was named participant of the match and participant of the sequence.

The Indian captain thrashed eight sixes and 7 fours in making his fourth T20I century off 55 balls. He was caught at deep sq. leg off the following ball as India misplaced three wickets, together with a run-out, within the ultimate over, bowled by Lizaad Williams.

Suryakumar was off the sphere for many of the South African innings after twisting his left ankle whereas fielding within the third over.

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja took over the captaincy and performed a major position in South Africa’s collapse by returning figures of two for 25 in 3 overs.

(With AFP Inputs)