Jaiswal became the victim of AUS’s ’12th player’, then Buckner snatched the victory like this

New Delhi, When it comes to playing cricket in Australia and the Kangaroo team does not get the support of the umpires to win, it cannot happen. The Indian team, which had defeated the Kangaroos on the last two consecutive tours, was considered a strong contender for victory this time too, but the Australians are not going to desist from their antics. The way Yashasvi Jaiswal was given out on the last day of the Melbourne Test, it made it clear that Pat Cummins was not alone in this match too. Third umpire Sharafuddaula was also standing shoulder to shoulder with him/her as the 12th player.

The ball went back into the gloves of the wicketkeeper without touching the gloves or bat of Yashasvi Jaiswal. The third umpire declared Jaiswal out without using the technique properly. In the year 2007-2008, the Indian team went on Australia tour under the captaincy of Anil Kumble. Then the Monkey Gate issue came to light between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds. In this match, umpire Steve Bucknor had emerged as the biggest villain in India’s defeat. Then captain Anil Kumble openly criticized Buckner and called him/her the 12th player of the Australian team.

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Let us tell you about the Sydney test related to the Monkey Gate scandal. Steve Buckner himself admitted his/her two wrong decisions in the match, which ruined India’s fortunes. Firstly, Andrew Symonds was declared not out during the first innings. When Symonds was playing on 30 runs, he/she was caught by MS Dhoni behind the wicket on the ball of Ishant Sharma but Bucknor did not declare him/her out. Replays clearly showed that the ball had taken the edge of the bat. There was no DRS at that time. After which Symonds played an inning of 161 runs.

The match slipped away at the last moment
Steve Buckner did not stop here. After this, he/she gave a wrong out to Rahul Dravid on the same lines on the last day of the match. India was given a target of 333 runs in a possible 72 overs. When India’s score was 115/3 in the 34th over. Anil Kumble’s team was struggling for a draw. Then without any reason Buckner declared Dravid caught out. Dravid’s bat hit the back of his/her pad and replays confirmed that the ball had hit the front of Dravid’s knee. Later, Michael Clarke took India’s last three wickets in five balls just six minutes before the end of the match, and Australia won the match. With this, Australia’s series lead increased to 2-0.

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