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For umpiring in cricket it is important to take special classes on the basic rule systems and pass the test to umpire international matches to make correct decisions like scales. However, as they are human too, there is no blame on them for occasionally making wrong judgments. Because of that, the decision of the arbitrators was once final.
But in the period from 1990 – 2010, some umpires used to give wrong decisions at many moments. Moreover, there have been times in history when some umpires deliberately made wrong decisions against India and played a major role in defeat. The fans will never forget that India lost in matches that should have been won because Steve Partner from West Indies behaved one-sidedly in many matches in such a way that he did not like seeing India.
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3 Failures:
Especially because of people like Steve Buckner, Sachin Tendulkar would have been out in the 90s and missed at least 5 – 10 hundreds. India has lost a lot of matches in history due to the unilateral actions of the umpires. However, let’s take a look at 3 memorable moments in history where the loss was attributed to bad refereeing:
Can we use ball-tracking to find the truth behind @sachin_rt ‘s shoulder-before-wicket dismissal? @StarSportsIndia @bhogleharsha pic.twitter.com/ASoXJTcwii
— Funny Molecule ???? (@tweeetbro) December 29, 2016
3. Shoulder wicket: In cricket, if the batsman fails to hit the bowler’s stumps while bowling, he will be given out in a leg-before-wicket method known as lbw. As the name suggests, when there is a foot called a leg, it is usually given out in this way if it hits the leg. But chasing 396 runs in the Test match held in Adelaide in 1999, India stumbled early at 24/3.
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Sachin Tendulkar, who was on the field at the time, bent down thinking that he could leave a short pitched ball by Glenn McGrath, but unfortunately the ball landed at his body height and hit him in the hand. When Glenn McGrath was called out for that, the umpire Darl Harbor shocked the fans by giving out lbw without thinking. India lost by 285 runs as Sachin got out shockingly. But watching that ball on replay, fans still get angry when they think about it as it missed the stumps.
2. Umpire Ponting: Asian fans often say that Australians are notorious for cheating in cricket. This is the best example of that. Fans will never forget the unscrupulous behavior of umpires Steve Buckner and Mark Benson in the 2nd match of the Border-Gavaskar Cup Test series held in Sydney in 2008 on Australian soil with no shortage of controversies including the monkey gate between Am Simons and Harbhajan Singh.
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Man of the Match winner Andrew Symonds took an edge from Ishant Sharma in the first innings but was saved by Steve Buckner, who said he could not hear the noise. Then another umpire, Mark Benson, refused to approach the 3rd umpire, who did not heed Dhoni’s plea for stumping. But on the replay it looked good as an out. In the next few overs, Simons was saved by the umpire again for the same type of stumping.
When ever I talk about Ricky Ponting I always remember this test match – 2008 Sydney test match! The match of Steve Buckner, Mark Benson and those 11 cheaters leading by biggest cheater of all time Mr. Ricky Ponting. He is the teacher of Smith and Warner. #Cricket #Aussie pic.twitter.com/5reaJ9jjLs
— Soumyadeep Das ???????? (@soumya_deep_das) February 20, 2020
Meanwhile, Australian captain Ricky Ponting gave an edge on the leg side but again umpire Mark Benson did not give out. But while India were batting, Mark Benson dismissed Wasim Jafar on a no-ball by Brett Lee. After that, Steve Burtner dismissed Rahul Dravid as he thought the ball had hit his bat.
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What is more extreme is that in the 2nd innings a catch by Michael Clarke hit the ground but the umpire gave him out without even approaching the 3rd umpire because Ricky Ponting said so. India lost by 122 runs due to the umpires misbehaving in such a partnership.
#OnThisDay in 1999, during the IND-PAK Test at Kolkata,@sachin_rt was given run-out after a collision with Akhtar at the Eden Gardens. This disrupted the match & crowds became restless.Sachin had to come back & pacify the crowds. Later the match was continued to an empty stadium. pic.twitter.com/VZ7fFmDCx1
— Sachinist (@Sachinist) February 19, 2019
1. Boiled Calcutta: Chasing a target of 279 runs against Pakistan in Kolkata in 1999, Sachin was playing at 143/2 when he ran to score 3 runs at one point when Sachin fell down as Shoaib Akhtar ran across and was run out.
It was run out by Steve Buckner and David Orchard. But as Shoaib Akhtar came across Sachin’s dismissal, the incensed Kolkata fans overpowered the guards in protest like they had set fire to the stadium in 1996. At that time, Sachin, who came from the pavilion, asked for silence, but the fans who did not accept, left the match and expressed their protest. India lost the match by 46 runs in an empty stadium.
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