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query from ANI.
The incident occurred in the 21st
over of the innings which was bowled
by Ashwin. The spinner bowled a
tossed-up delivery and it drifted in,
beating Elgar on the inside edge and
the ball struck him right in front of
the stumps, and on-field umpire
Marais Erasmus raised his finger.
Team India was shocked on see-
ing the ball going over the stumps
and the stump mic caught Kohli,
Ashwin, and Rahul suggesting some
tampering with the technology. Even
umpire Erasmus was seen shaking
his head on how the ball was missing
the stumps.
gambHir slams KoHli for

stUmP mic reaction
ormer cricketer Gautam Gam-
bhir slammed India’s Test skip-
Fper Virat Kohli for his reaction
to the controversial DRS decision
during the ongoing third Test against
South Africa at Cape Town on Thurs-
day.
Former Indian opening batter
added that Kohli’s reaction was “ex-
aggerated” and “really immature”.
Team India was visibly irked after a
controversial Decision Review Sys- Ajinkya Rahane Rishabh Pant
tem (DRS) call helped South Afri-
ca skipper Dean Elgar get his LBW
decision overturned in the ongoing Pant’s knock in the second innings of
fourth innings of the Cape Town Test. the ongoing Cape Town Test.
The incident occurred in the
21st over of the innings which was Pant scored an unbeaten ton as
bowled by Ashwin. The spinner
bowled a tossed-up delivery and it india was bundled out for 198
drifted in, beating Elgar on the in- in the second innings, setting
side edge and the ball struck him
right in front of the stumps, and on- south africa a target of 212.
field umpire Marais Erasmus raised
his finger. However, Elgar reviewed For the Proteas, Marco Jansen
the decision and replays showed returned with four wickets while
that the ball was going over the Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi took
stumps, and hence the decision was three each. “It was a fabulous innings,
overturned. it got us back into the match. From a
The controversial call evoked personal perspective, there was pres-
different reactions from KL Rahul, sure on him, getting runs at a crucial
skipper Virat Kohli, and spinner Virat Kohli stage for the team, that’s important.
Ravichandran Ashwin. First, the He has set the game nicely for us. Re-
mic caught Ashwin as saying: “You ally happy with the way he played, he
should find better ways to win Super- stump mic and reacting in that man- Gambhir added that he expects showed a lot of character out there
sport (South Africa broadcaster).” ner, that is really immature. This head coach Rahul Dravid to have a because it is not an easy wicket to bat
Then Virat Kohli walked to- is not what you expect from an in- word with Kohli regarding his antics on,” said Mhambrey during a virtual
wards the stump mic and said: “Fo- ternational captain, from an Indian on Thursday. press conference.
cus on your team as well and not captain. Then technology isn’t in “At that stage, you wanted a part-
just the opposition, trying to catch your hand. Then you have reacted Pant Played nership, Virat was there at the other
people all the time.” At last, KL in the same manner when there was end, there was a need for a partner-
Rahul said: “Whole country playing a caught-behind appeal on the leg- fabUloUs innings: boWling ship. We batted very well, we wanted
against XI guys.” side, neither did Dean Elgar react coacH mHambrey to stitch a partnership, once Virat got
After the end of the day’s play, in that manner. During that Mayank out, Rishabh had to take the leading
Gambhir in conversation with Star Agarwal appeal, it looked OUT eam India bowling coach Paras role. He batted really sensibly and
Sports said: “This is really bad. from the naked eye, but Elgar did Mhambrey on Thursday hailed he gave us an opportunity to win the
What Kohli did, going near the not react in that manner,” he said.” Twicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Test from here,” he added.

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