Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) and dodgy calls by umpires is not something new. The latest entry to the list is Mitchell Marsh surviving a DRS call in first session on Day 2 of the pink-ball Adelaide Test. Skipper Rohit Sharma opted for DRS as he was convinced Mitchell Marsh trapped in front of the stumps by Ravichandran Ashwin. However, the third umpire Richard Kettleborough did not have enough conclusive evidence to reverse the decision after seeing the spike on the snicko despite bat and pad being together. The third umpire's decision irked Virat Kohli who walked up to the on-field umpire Richard Illingworth and expressed his disappointment.
Kohli reminded umpire Illingworth about KL Rahul's dismissal in the first innings of the Perth Test. Rahul's bat hit the pad and when the ball passed his bat leading to a spike on the snicko. The third umpire reversed the decision despite the lack of angles to determine if Rahul was out.
"KL's was the same in Perth, two spikes bat and pad," Kohli told the umpire.
On the other hand, in the 58th over of Australia's innings, Marsh stepped down against Ashwin. The ball hit his pad but his bat was close. He just a saw a spike on the snicko and gave Marsh not out. The spike would have been the result of the bat hitting the pad. Indian players were convinced that the ball hit the pad before hitting the bat.
What third umpire said?
The third umpire did not even wait for the hawkeye technology which shows whether the ball would have gone on to hit the stumps or not.
"I wasn't convinced if it was bat or pad first," the third umpire was heard saying during the broadcast.
Marsh had not opened his account when he got an early reprieve. At the end of the first session, he was batting on two runs from 10 balls. Australia were 191/4 with an 11-run lead in the bag.