New Delhi. Can any team be fouled even amidst hundreds of cameras? If you also have such a question in your mind, then you should watch the replays of India vs Australia Sydney Test 2028. In this one match, it seemed as if all the Australian players had indulged in foul play to defeat India. Why not just the players, the umpire and third umpire also did such ‘feats’ in the match, which were putting the spirit of the game to shame. In this match, not just one or two, but 5 decisions were given against India. As a result, India had to face defeat in a match which it could have easily won.
The Sydney Test played between India and Australia in 2008 will always be remembered for its controversies. At one time in this match, India had taken six wickets for Australia’s 134 runs. The host team was in danger of being bowled out cheaply, but then the umpires helped Australia. On-field umpire Steve Buckner and third umpire Brooks Oxenford declared Andrew Symonds not out despite being out three times. Result: Symonds, who should have returned to the pavilion after scoring 30 runs, played an unbeaten inning of 162 runs and took Australia to 463 runs. Not only this, in the same match Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly were given out wrongly.
1. Dhoni took the catch of Symonds, but Buckner kept watching.
Ishant Sharma’s short-pitched ball takes the outside edge of Andrew Symonds’s bat. MS Dhoni takes an easy catch. But umpire Steve Buckner rejects the appeal. The sound of the ball and bat colliding is heard by TV viewers as well as commentators. Commentators are left astonished. Symonds, who preaches the spirit of sportsmanship, stands silently. Later Andrew Symonds scores a century. After the match, Symonds admitted that he was out on the score of 30.
2. This time it was the third umpire who committed ‘foul’.
In this video, it can be seen that MS Dhoni stumped Symonds with great agility. Once again Steve Buckner does not give it out. But this time they refer it to the third umpire. Australia’s third umpire Brooks Oxenford rejects India’s appeal. Whereas watching TV replays shows that Symonds was out.
3. ‘Naive’ Buckner did not even take the help of the third umpire
MS Dhoni’s agility once again takes India closer to success. Dhoni stumps Symonds on the coming out ball of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. This time also the umpire is Steve Buckner. This time Bucknor does not seek the help of even the third umpire, while watching TV replays shows that Symonds was out.
4. Rahul Dravid was given wrong out.
Once again Australia gets the benefit of the combination of Symonds and Buckner. This time the role of Symonds has changed. Rahul Dravid leaves Symonds’ off-spin ball after covering his wicket. During this the ball hits his pad. The bat remains away from the ball. Despite this, Buckner calls the Indian wall caught out.
5. Gavaskar got angry when umpire agreed with ‘Punter’ Ponting.
Sourav Ganguly steers the ball of Brett Lee into the gully area. Michael Clarke standing there catches the ball. This time England umpire Mark Benson shows his love for Australia. Benson was not sure whether the catch had been made properly or not. But to clear his doubts, he does not ask his fellow umpire, but instead asks Australian captain Ricky Ponting whether the catch has been taken cleanly. Why would ‘Punter’ Ponting tell the truth? He said that Michael Clarke had taken the catch cleanly and on this basis Benson gave Ganguly out. However, in the TV replays it did not appear at all that the catch was taken cleanly.
This is how the cheating hoti opened in the morning
Sunny G cooking Australian team and the umpires at the end was so pleasing to watch. The only time I have seen him being reasonable in my life pic.twitter.com/75EIJwygr5
— KohliSensual (@Kohlisensual05) November 8, 2024