VIDEO: Was KL Rahul cheated? Third umpire’s decision causes uproar in Perth Test

The Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 has started with the Perth Test. After winning the toss, Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah decided to bat first. KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal came out to open the innings but could not do anything special. The team got its first blow in the form of Yashasvi Jaiswal by Mitchell Starc in the third over itself. Jaiswal could not even open his account. After this, Devdutt Padikkal also returned to the pavilion on a duck. Virat Kohli also could not do anything special and became the victim of Josh Hazlewood after scoring just 5 runs. During this, KL Rahul held one end and slowly added runs to the team’s account.

KL Rahul had almost settled down after playing more than 70 balls, but something happened in the 23rd over which created a controversy. Team India had put 47 runs on the scoreboard after losing 3 wickets in 22 overs. Pant was present at the crease after scoring 10 runs and KL Rahul with 26 runs. After this, Mitchell Starc came to bowl in the 23rd over. Starc bowled a length ball on the second ball of the over which KL went to defend. The ball went very close to the bat and went into the hands of the wicketkeeper. The Australian players made a strong appeal but it was rejected.

The third umpire’s decision created a ruckus.

Seeing KL Rahul’s big wicket slip away, Australian captain Pat Cummins immediately took a review. After this, the replay showed that as soon as the ball came near the bat, there was movement in the snickometer. Seeing this on the big screen in the stadium, the Australian players got excited and then after some time the TV umpire also asked the on-field umpire to reverse the decision. KL Rahul looked very disappointed with this decision because, at the time when the spike was seen, the bat also hit the pad. During this entire incident, it was revealed that the TV umpire had only two angles available. In this way, KL’s wicket created a ruckus on the very first day of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Now many former Indian cricketers have raised questions about KL’s wicket.