Watch: Mohammed Siraj’s review forces Australia players to return to field after walking out

A curious case took place in the fag end of the Indian innings on Friday when the Australian team thought that they had picked up India’s last wicket Mohammed Siraj and had already started leaving the field.
The incident happened in the the 68th over when Siraj was given leg-before wicket the on-field umpire. Siraj opted for a review immediately as the Australian players walked towards their dressing room, confident that the review will go in their favour.
However, the replay showed an inside edge off the bat before the ball hit Siraj’s pads which led to the umpre reversing his original decision. The Australian players had to return back to their positions as boos rang around the Oval.

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Ultimately, India were all out for 296 in their first innings, giving Australia a massive lead of 173 runs on the third day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final.
For India, comeback man Ajinkya Rahane compiled a neat 89 off 129 balls while Shardul Thakur played a valuable innings of 51 from 109 balls, after Ravindra Jadeja chipped in with a breezy 51-ball 48 on the second day.
Resuming the third day on overnight 151 for five and 318 runs behind Australia’s first innings total of 469 all out, India lost KS Bharat early but Rahane and Thakur added 109 runs for the seventh wicket to help their team avoid follow-on at The Oval.
However, India lost the remaining wickets quickly after the lunch break.
Skipper Pat Cummins picked up three wickets for Australia while there were two wickets apiece for Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Cameron Green.