Rishabh Pant Was Correctly Deemed Out In IND Vs NZ 3rd Test | Here's Why

Rishabh Pant Controversial Dismissal: The Indian wicket-keeper's catch dismissal was a correct decision by the umpire. Here's why.

Rishabh Pant Controversial Dismissal: There is an air of controversy surrounding Rishabh Pant's dismissal during the 3rd Test match vs New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium. In India's chase of 147, the home side got off to a horrific start and once again displayed a shambolic batting performance in the series.

Only one player stood out for Rohit Sharma's side, and that was Rishabh Pant, who scored a fighting 64 off 57 balls in India's 25-run defeat.

The left-handed batsman looked in great touch, and the Kiwi bowlers looked clueless against him. However, during the 22nd over, Ajaz Patel's good length ball deceived Pant, who failed to go down the pitch and out-do the spin, and the faintest of edges led to his dismissals.

Rishabh Pant took the review and looked completely dissatisfied with the decision, as the umpires stayed with their original 'out' decision.

The decision saw a backlash from Indian fans over the social media, stating that it was the pad that showed the deflection on 'snicko'.

But for all the cricket fans out there, the 'out' decision was pretty evident as the bat was already touching the pads before meeting the ball with its edge.

AB De Villiers Jumps In Defence Of Rishabh Pant

Amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding around Rishabh Pant's dismissal, former legendary cricketer AB De Villiers has shared his opinion via 'X'. 

In his tweet, the South African has mentioned the importance of the need of 'hotspot' in the modern cricket, and that, he is not showing any bias towards the Indian Cricket Team.

"Controversy! Little grey area once again. Did Pant get bat on that or not? Problem is when the ball passes the bat at exactly the same time a batter hits his pad snicko will pick up the noise. But how sure are we he hit it? I’ve always worried about this and here it happens at a huge moment in a big Test match. Where’s hotspot?!"

"Fact is there must’ve been doubt. Surely you stay with on-field call then? Unless the 3rd Ump clearly saw a deviation? I’m not so sure.  And don’t get me wrong, I have no bias here, just pushing for consistent calls and good use of tech."