*Official* 3rd Test at the Sardar Patel Sports Complex, Ahmedabad, 24 - 28 Feb 2021

[GIMH]

It's in his hand the whole time. Root should take the team off and fly home

 

[honestbharani]

The last replay with the zoomer makes it look worse for Stokes but I dunno why the ball went down in the first place after he caught it properly.

 

[cnerd123]

Fingers under ball, disgusting for the umpires yet again.

Literally was holding the top of the ball with the bottom sliding along the grass for several frames

Cheating Poms.

 

[Spark]

Like I'm obviously well aware of the foreshortening issues and all that but... I dunno, that really looks like it's just been dropped to me.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Why not look at another angle?

He spent 5 minutes looking at the one off Leach and 5 seconds at that.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Gill though...he's facing some ordeal in England.

 

[Stapel]

Fingers under ball, disgusting for the umpires yet again.

The point is the laws do not mention "fingers under the ball". They mention "the ball not touching the ground, before the the fielder is in control of ball & himself". This ball quite clearly did touch the ground, before the catch was completed.

 

[Teja.]

I mean it's 100% grazing the ground for a couple of seconds while he was not in complete control.

 

[GIMH]

At least they had good clear angles for that one.

 

[cnerd123]

Stokes face after taking that catch was one of a man who knew he dropped it.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Sad day for Stokes and England. He has clearly dropped that and tried to cheat. Shades of Greg Dyer.

 

[hazsa19]

Instinct is that it isn’t out, but I don’t know how the tv umpire came to a conclusion Stokes definitely didn’t have a finger under the ball as quickly as he did. Soft signal was out.

 

[honestbharani]

Surely the folks who had a problem with Virat going at the umpire last game should deplore A & B carrying on here? The more they show the replays the more obvious it is that the catch was dropped.

 

[Shri]

 

[Teja.]

All this discussion about index finger underneath the ball is mind****ing me. The ball touched the ground ffs, what does it matter if he had his entire body under it?

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Looked not out to me.

 

[GIMH]

Who's this kunt who wants me to come see him later? I will do if he lets me in the country. shitbag

 

[Neptune]

Never mind just seen the incident now. Not out imo.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Who's this kunt who wants me to come see him later? I will do if he lets me in the country. ****bag

Gavaskar isn't it.

 

[Spark]

All this discussion about index finger underneath the ball is mind****ing me. The ball touched the ground ffs, what does it matter if he had his entire body under it?

Yeah this is baffling me as well. The way the ball behaves as it goes down and it almost seems to roll to the side, I don't see how you can explain that other than "contact with ground"