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Did any part of the ball touch the ground just after? Ponting, Sangakkara, Shastri question Cameron Green’s catch to dismiss Shubman Gill

At the stroke of tea on day four, Shubman Gill lost his wicket in controversial circumstances. He had edged Scott Boland to slips where the tall Cameron Green lunged to his left to take a one-handed stunner. The controversy comes in what happenned next. As he rolled over, did the ball touch the ground?
That’s the question Ricky Ponting asked on air on ICC feed. “The ball went into his hand may be 6-8inches above the ground but the question I have got was did any part of the ball touch the ground just after it completed the catch. I am sure that’s what Rohit Sharma is arguing with the umpires; I am sure that’s why Shubman Gill is so disappointed.
“It had carried, six-eight inches above the ground; no doubt about that but did it then actually roll over and touch the top of the surface?” Ponting said.

No way this is outShubman Gill and India robbed 🤬pic.twitter.com/ZlHLHKqMaH
— R A T N I S H (@LoyalSachinFan) June 10, 2023
His fellow commentator Kumar Sangakkara also had the same doubts.
“Yeah it’s about how you see it. He did catch the ball with fingers under the ball but if any part of the ball touches the ground it can be interpreted as helping the ball to stay in the hand and usually the umpires always go not out,” Sangakkara said.
So did Ravi Shastri. “The third umpire thought the fingers were under but the question is whether it rolled over after he completed the catch.”

‘When the first umpire gives you out, the third umpire has to find conclusive evidence to overturn it,” said Sunil Gavaskar on Star Sports at Tea.

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