After being dismissed in the Mumbai Test's second innings, Rishabh Pant was devastated. The left-handed hitter was on his way to giving India a game-winning knock at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday when he was dismissed against the flow of play. After India lost five wickets for 29 runs in 7.1 overs in the opening session of Day 3, Pant attacked the opposition spinners. Rohit Sharma also spoke on the incident after the match and called it an unfortunate dismissal
Rishabh Pant's controversial dismissal
In the second over after lunch, Pant was caught by Tom Blundell on the fourth ball of Ajaz Patel. However, the umpire called it a not out but players convinced Latham to take a review and go upstairs. The ball was really close to Pant's bat that was also brushing his pad. The snickometer showed a clear spike when the ball was passing by the bat but the controversial point was that Pant believed that the sound was from the bat hitting the pad and he had not edged the ball.
He was also seen having an animated chat with the on-field umpires. However, the final decision went against him and the Indian had to depart after a well-compiled 64-run knock of 57 balls. Pant made a disappointed walk back to the dugout.
Rohit Sharma on Pant's dismissal
Rohit said from what he knows that if there is no concrete evidence, the third umpire can not overturn the on-field umpire's decision and that it felt like Pant would cruise their side over the line.
'What I know if there is no conclusive evidence, third umpire can't overturn it. It was an unfortunate dismissal. What we want is consistency from umpires. At one point, it felt like Rishabh will see us through," said Rohit Sharma in the post-match press conference
After losing the first five wickets for just 29 runs, Pant revived the Indian hopes to avoid a whitewash. He single-handedly raised India's chances to stop the Kiwis from clean-sweeping them but India needed 41 more runs a the time of Pant's departure and they were back in a precarious situation. India could only add 15 more runs after Pant's dismissal before the Indian team was bowled out for 121 in the final innings and the match was called in New Zealand's favour as they won it by 25 runs and sealed the series 3-0
