Former Pakistan cricketer Saeed Ajmal has hit out at Indian fans after the controversial DRS overturn on Day 3 of the Cape Town Test. The former spinner has compared the decision to a previous incident that took place in World Cup 2011 semi-final, when Sachin Tendulkar was given not out under similar circumstances. India captain Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and KL Rahul were all heard deliberately speaking into the stump microphone after the decision was overturned with regards to Dean Elgar.
"When the Sachin Tendulkar decision from the 2011 World Cup was overturned on review, I was told that the technology should be trusted & is accurate. Today those same people are saying the technology should not be trusted & is not accurate.
"When an obvious decision goes against you then you realise how difficult it is to accept. There is no way my delivery to Sachin Tendulkar from the 2011 World Cup was missing the stumps, just like the Ashwin delivery to Elgar today wasn't missing the stumps,” Ajmal said on his YouTube channel.
"I've watched the Dean Elgar review a few times today. There is no way that the ball was going over the stumps. The ball hit him on the knee-roll and he was out,” he further added after watching the incident on multiple occasions.
What exactly happened in 2011?
In the semifinal of the 2011 World Cup, former Indian batsman Tendulkar was batting on 23 when he was adjudged out by the on-field umpire Ian Gould but DRS showed that the ball was missing the leg stump.
In a similar circumstance, on Thursday (January 13), South Africa skipper Elgar was adjudged out by on-field umpire Marais Erasmus but a DRS challenge eventually showed that the ball was going over the stumps. The common denominator on both occasions is the impact of the ball, which on both occasions was below the knee roll.
The talk has more been focused on the reaction of Kohli and his players, rather than the overturned decision. The Indian players criticised the official broadcaster 'Supersport'.
