IND vs NZ : Parthiv Patel Reflects On Rishabh Pant’s Controversial Dismissal During The Run Chase

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Rishabh Pant‘s dismissal in India’s fourth-innings chase has emerged as a potentially match-turning moment in the Mumbai Test. Rishabh Pant was given out caught bat-pad, with DRS overturning the on-field umpire’s decision, and India captain Rohit Sharma is not sure if that was the right call. Rishabh Pant stood between New Zealand and a historic 3-0 series sweep with 64 off 57 balls, and before his dismissal India were 106 for 6, their target 41 runs away. New Zealand eventually won by 25 runs.

New Zealand had reduced India to 29 for 5 on a rank turner and looked heavy favourites to win. But Rishabh Pant managed to turn the tide for a while and Rohit felt his wicket had a huge impact on the game.

Rishabh Pant’s controversial dismissal at crucial point turns the match on its head in NZ’s favour

New Zealand had already missed a chance to review an lbw shout against Rishabh Pant earlier in the day, when India were 59 for 5. Replays returned three reds on that incident. Then, in the 22nd over, Ajaz Patel twice went up in appeal against Rishabh Pant. Once for a catch at slip. The on-field decision was not-out, and DRS upheld it.

Two balls later, Ajaz spotted Rishabh Pant charging out of his crease, pulled his length back, and forced the batter into a defensive prod. Rishabh Pant had enjoyed a lot of success when he had come down the track in this innings, often hitting the ball straight and hard to the boundary.

Here he had little choice but to try and adjust, and the ball lobbed off him, into the keeper’s gloves. Ajaz and the close-in fielders thought there had been an inside edge onto his front pad. Umpire Richard Illingworth didn’t. New Zealand captain Tom Latham sent it upstairs for a review.

A spike appeared on UltraEdge when the ball seemed to pass the bat. But the bat and pad were also in close proximity at the same time, which meant the spike could have come from the bat brushing the pad.

When the replays came up on the big screen, New Zealand began celebrating. Rishabh Pant seemed completely nonplussed until this point – he’d performed a double glove-touch with his batting partner Washington Sundar as soon as New Zealand went up to review; it was their last remaining review. Now he walked over to the on-field officials with his hand extended.

Third umpire Paul Reiffel, in making his judgment, noted that the spike could have been from bat hitting pad. But then, after further replays and rocking-and-rolling of the moment where bat, pad and ball were close together, he changed his mind based on what he thought was a deflection at the moment the ball passed the bat. Former wicketkeeper now commentator Parthiv Patel also feels that Rishabh Pant was correctly given out by the third umpire.

Parthiv Patel discusses on Rishabh Pant’s dismissal in IND vs NZ 2024 3rd Test

Parthiv Patel reckons Rishabh Pant was correctly given out in India’s second innings of the third Test against New Zealand in Mumbai. He claimed that he could see a deflection when the ball passed the bat.

Pant was given out caught behind by the third umpire for a 57-ball 64 on Sunday, November 3. His dismissal reduced India to 106/7 in pursuit of a 147-run target, and they eventually lost the match by 25 runs.

During a discussion on Colors Cineplex, Patel was asked whether Pant wasn’t given the benefit of the doubt because the third umpire was convinced that the ball had taken the inside edge.

“Absolutely, it didn’t seem like the third umpire had any doubts in his mind. We have spoken a lot about the Hawk-Eye, I could see the deflection. At times, when the bat hits the pad, if the bat hasn’t hit the ball, you also see a slight gap. You see daylight but that daylight also wasn’t seen there,” he responded.

The former India wicketkeeper-batter opined that Paul Reiffel arrived at the right decision.

“Although Paul Reiffel, who is the third umpire, hasn’t had a good series, he didn’t make any mistake in this decision. I feel there was a deflection from the bat,” Patel observed.

Rishabh Pant added 42 runs for the sixth wicket with Ravindra Jadeja and a further 35 runs for the seventh wicket with Washington Sundar after India were reduced to 29/5. The hosts then lost their last three wickets at the score of 121 to fall short in the chase.

The on-field umpire negated New Zealand’s initial caught-behind appeal. The decision was reversed after Tom Latham opted for a review. Rishabh Pant’s dismissal triggered India’s lower order collapse and the rest of the tale was a collective batting failure from the Indian side which had been a constant theme for the entire series.

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