The first match of the ICC World Test Championship series between the Indian cricket team and the New Zealand cricket team ended in a draw. There were a lot of questionable umpiring decisions made during the first Test played at Kanpur’s Green Park. One of them happened during the second innings of the New Zealand cricket team. It involved wicket-keeper KS Bharat and veteran New Zealand batter Ross Taylor.
KS Bharat showed his smartness and tried to execute the stumping when Ross Taylor lost his balance during the second innings of the New Zealand cricket team. It was during the 56th over which was bowled by the Indian off-spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin. On the last ball of the over, Taylor missed the flick, and the ball went to wicket-keeper KS Bharat, who kept the wickets instead of veteran wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha.
The on-field umpire asked for a review from the third umpire. The third umpire first checked the Ultra Edge and concluded that the ball had not touched the bat. After that they checked the stumping, where it could be seen that Bharat waited for Taylor to lose his balance a little, and he took the bails off when his back foot was in the air. But it seemed like the foot was a little grounded when the bails came off.
Twitter reacts to KS Bharat smart attempt to dismiss Ross Taylor
The evidence might not have been conclusive enough for the third umpire to rule Ross Taylor out. However, there were some good reactions to the cheeky stuff from wicket-keeper KS Bharat from behind the stumps. Here’s how Twitter reacted to this incident:
Not out if you rewind it to the actual frame when the bails come off instead of picking a rubbish photo that fits your bias https://t.co/iOKOakdBjM
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) November 29, 2021
Super stumping just miss 💔#KSD #IndiaVsNewZealand
— లీల కృష్ణ సుంకర (బి పాజిటివ్) (@sunkaraleela) November 29, 2021Advertisement
Taylor very lucky to survive the stumping. Good call by the third umpire, benefit to the batter. #INDvNZ
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) November 29, 2021
That stumping from Bharat took me back to the stumping from Ms Dhoni in 2016 T20 WC against Bangladesh definitely the feet had moved could’ve looked few more times!!!#IndianCricketTeam #IndiaVsNewZealand #INDvsNZ #Ashwin #ksbharat
— Sujith V (@Sujith1727) November 29, 2021
It looked like out. Didn’t it?! The Ross Taylor stumping. #INDvsNZTestSeries
— Shanmugapriyan (@Shanmuga00007) November 29, 2021
Bharat was a second early to stump after he stumped taylor’s foot then was in air but not at the time of stumping
— ARYAN (@TheAryanBansal) November 29, 2021
That KS Bharat stumping chance is exactly why he is so highly rated in domestic circuit.. great eye. Eagerly looking forward to his career 😍 #IndvNZ
— Anshul Garg (@KnowAnshul) November 29, 2021
KS Bharat with a street cricket attempted stumping 😂
— Anirudh Shenoy (@AnirudhShenoy_) November 29, 2021
The more I look at the replays on that Ross Taylor stumping call, the more I am convinced that the Umpire gave it not out only to escape accusations of biased unpiring, not on cricketing merit.
— #KohVid Warrior (@wildcardgyan) November 29, 2021
Excellent game awareness by KS Bharat there! 👍👍
Ohh! Third umpire that should have been given out. Great work by ks bharat, would have been best stumping after ms dhoni. #ksbharat @KonaBharat #indvsnz
— Deepesh Kumar (@Deepesh38458556) November 29, 2021
