Controversy: Controversy over Virat Kohli’s catch, King would have been out on the very first ball.

IND vs AUS, virat kohli: In the Sydney Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, Virat Kohli could have been caught on the first ball but the ball missed Steve Smith’s hand and fell into the street. It seemed that the ‘end’ of Kohli’s innings had come. But the third umpire analyzed Kohli’s catch in the slow motion video, after which it was revealed that Smith had not taken a clear catch.

Kohli’s flop show continues

However, Kohli could not take advantage of this gift and after scoring (17) runs, he was dismissed by Beau Webster at slip off the bowling of Scott Boland. Kohli has already been out several times in this series due to throwing the ball out of the side.

Kohli saved first!

However, when Steve Smith was asked about the catch during the lunch break, he remained adamant that the ball had bounced before falling on the ground, after which Marnus Labuschagne, standing in the lane, took the catch. Overall, it looked like Virat Kohli was going to get out for a golden duck after brilliant catches by Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne. But the third umpire saved him.

So this is how the umpires decided!

After a lengthy review, TV umpire Joel Wilson said he thought the ball had touched the ground before Smith threw it to Labuschagne. Whereas former players and umpires had different opinions on this. The Australian players celebrated wildly and Boland started dreaming of a hat-trick but umpire Sharafuddaula consulted on-field official Michael Gough and decided to refer the decision to the third umpire.