'It Was OUT' - Michael Vaughan, Mark Waugh Reckons Virat Kohli Was Caught; Irfan Pathan Thinks Otherwise

Was Virat Kohli out or was he not? This has stirred a massive debate on social space after the third umpire gave the former India captain a reprieve. While most reckon it was grasped, former England captain Michael Vaughan thinks Kohli was out. The former English captain took to X to give his verdict. In fact, Australian greats Allan Border and Mark Waugh also felt Kohli was lucky to still be in the middle. 

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‘I think that’s out’

“I think that’s out; I think that’s very close to touching the grass but I think he rolled underneath it with his finger,” Waugh told Fox Cricket.

“I think he’s got away with one there Kohli, but that’s the way the game goes. I suppose you can look at it two ways, beauty’s in the eye of the beholder. I think evidence suggests he just had his finger underneath it.”

“It looks like he had enough hand underneath the ball … it’s so close, it’s hard to tell,” Border added.

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On a cloudy morning, India left out captain Rohit Sharma , with Jasprit Bumrah replacing him at the helm. Bumrah elected to bat first on a green pitch after winning the toss, but India failed to capitalise on it as Rahul and Jaiswal were dismissed within the first eight overs. Gill looked good until he had a lapse in concentration and was dismissed at the stroke of lunch.

In the morning, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins got some steep bounce on the green SCG pitch, which has showed signs of being on the slower side. Rahul initially showed good judgement to the balls outside the off-stump, but fell for four off 14 balls after chipping a half-volley on leg-stump to square leg off Starc.