Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir heavily criticised India captain Virat Kohli after he was seen shouting at the stump microphone. The “immature” behaviour occurred after the third umpire overturned Dean Elgar's LBW decision. The decision was not accepted with open arms by the Indian team as skipper Kohli walked up to the microphone to criticise the third umpire and the broadcaster.
“Kohli is very immature. Its worst for an Indian captain to say like this in stumps. By doing this you will never be an idol to youngsters," Gambhir said on the Star Sports show.
“In first innings when you got a 50-50 call on caught behind then you were silent and in Mayank appeal too,” he concluded by reminding the two DRS decisions that went India's way on first two days of the Test.
The incident occurred on the first ball of the 27th over of South Africa’s second innings as Ravichandran Ashwin thought he had got the better of the South African captain. Elgar decided to challenge the on-field decision made by standing umpire Marais Erasmus. The hawkeye showed otherwise as the ball was bouncing over the leg stump and Elgar was given a huge reprieve.
In reaction to the overturned decision, several Indian players showed their dissent by coming to the microphone of the stump and blasting at the name of the broadcast company 'Supersport'. Apart from Kohli, Ashwin and Kl Rahul also made their anger felt.
The heated battle though was brought to some rest when Elgar was eventually dismissed off the final ball of the day by Jasprit Bumrah. With 111 runs more to win for the hosts, India need wicket sin clusters to make a comeback in the series decider. At Day 3, Stumps, South Africa were 101/2 with Keegan Peterson well set at 48.
