Despite the introduction of technology in cricket over a decade ago, to this day, it has always been accepted with a grain of salt. In the Boxing Day Test, third umpire Sharfuddoula decided to ignore Sniko, that showed no spike, and went by video evidence that showed deflection off the bat.
India found themselves in trouble in the final session on Day 5 as they lost wickets in a bunch just after Tea. The only solace was the fact that Jaiswal was still at the crease looking in good knick. However, a moment of madness by the Indian opener opened a can of worms, not just for India but also the technology supporting umpires in the game.
On the fifth ball of the 71st over, Pat Cummins dropped the ball short again, enticing Jaiswal to go for the pull. The Indian star fell for the trap and attempted a big hit only for the ball to end up in the hands of Alex Carey behind the stumps. However, the umpire looked unmoved but Cummins decided it was worthy of a look by the TV umpire. Here is where the controversy arose. While Sharfuddoula did not see a spike of RTS (Real Time Snicko), videos showed a clear deviation off the bat. The third umpire decided to trust the videos over RTS and declared the Indian star out.
“That was one of the glance-shots where there isn’t any noise so Snicko shows nothing only ambient noise. I checked with the audio director and he said there was no noise either. Probably only Hot Spot could have resolved that one,” Warren Brennan, whose company BBG Sports operates Snicko explained, reported Code Cricket.
Twitter and the MCG crowd were not too pleased with the decision and were quick to shout “Cheater”.
Bumrah you’ve one job to do in next match 🤲🏻pic.twitter.com/bTNjTvHiA3
— Anish (@sovereignkohli) December 30, 2024
The Jaiswal dismissal. The crowd is not having it. Been chanting non stop for 10 mins now #BGT #BoxingDayTest pic.twitter.com/3WsqHipNbI
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) December 30, 2024
Hostile environment
Loud
Indian crowd at MCG chanting Cheater-Cheater after Jasiwal Decision by 3rd Umpire !! pic.twitter.com/o0J8yHI7Qs
— Gss🇮🇳 (@Gss_Views) December 30, 2024
Cheater Cheater Cheater @CricketAus Is Biggest Cheater Of World Cricket.
This Is Clearly Cheating. Not A Single Line On Snickometer.
Australia team did Not have the Strength to dismiss #YashasviJaiswal
Why @ICC Use For Technology. #INDvsAUS #INDvsAUSTest #BGT24 pic.twitter.com/Z7J2WpugZr— Lokesh 🕉️ (@LokeshKhatri__) December 30, 2024
Simple
Robbed
Jaiswal is Robbed here .
Hell Ehhh . Australian 🐶 Cheater
Cheaters always Cheaters #Jaiswal#INDvsAUS #INDvsAUSTest
pic.twitter.com/6m7PtipWPv— kumar (@KumarlLamani) December 30, 2024
Indian crowd, all fired up 🔥
Cheater Australia #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/mHn4BR5QWo— Wellu (@Wellutwt) December 30, 2024
Loud and clear
Chant it
Crowd chanting “Cheater Cheater Cheater” 🫴🏽🫴🏽🫴🏽#INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/VW28ZeWrKA
— Sachin ( Modi Ka Parivar ) (@SM_8009) December 30, 2024
An over has passed since that Jaiswal dismissal, but not even for a sec the crowd has stopped shouting “cheater cheater”
Followed by “Cheat cheat cheat, Aussie Aussie Aussie”
No doubts on the clear deflection though. #AUSvINDIA pic.twitter.com/3SPdA97Rc6— Peeyush Sharma (@peeyushsharmaa) December 30, 2024
