‘Yashasvi Jaiswal was clearly not out’: BCCI vice-president slams third umpire for ‘not trusting technology’

India suffered a destabilising 184-run defeat to Australia in the fourth Test on Monday. The loss in this hard-fought encounter means India cannot retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy and can only level the series 2-2 by winning the match in Sydney.

Australia were the better side for most of the match, but Jasprit Bumrah's heroics on day four meant that India had a chance to come back into the match, chasing a total of 340 runs on the final day.

However, India had a disastrous start to the day after losing three quick wickets of KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for just 33. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant brought them back into the game after batting throughout the second session of the day.

After the dismissal of Pant in the third session, Jaiswal continued his innings and looked all set to take India to the end of the day's play. However, the left-hander was given out in a controversial decision in the 71st over of the game.

Yashasvi Jaiswal's controversial dismissal: 

On the fifth ball of the 71st over bowled by Pat Cummins, the Indian opener attempted to pull a short delivery around leg. Although to the naked eye Jaiswal appeared to have nicked the ball, given the deflection of the red cherry, umpire Joel Wilson remained unmoved as the entire Australian team rose in protest.

The Australian captain straightaway went upstairs for a review. TV replays showed that although there was a deflection, there was no spike on Snicko. However, to everyone's surprise, third umpire Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat from Bangladesh asked Wilson to reverse his decision.

In fact, the Snicko didn't show any conclusive evidence of the ball hitting either the gloves or the bat. "I can see the ball has made contact with the gloves. Joel, you need to change your decision," were Sharfuddoula's words

Rajeev Shukla reacts to Yashasvi Jaiswal dismissal:

The dismissal, however, did not sit down well with BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla, who said that the third umpire should have listened to what the technology suggested. In a post on X, Shukla wrote, “Yashaswi jayaswal was clearly not out. Third umpire should have taken note of what technology was suggesting. While over ruling field umpire third umpire should have solid reasons .”