Watch: Virat Kohli's Chat With Umpire Nitin Menon Post Controversial Dismissal Gets Crowd Buzzing

20.02.2023 - 12:17 sports.ndtv.com

Virat Kohli on Saturday was spotted having a chat with umpire Nitin Menon post his controversial dismissal during India's first innings of the second Test aganist Australia.

On Day 2 of the match at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Kohli scored 44 runs before his innings ended in an unlucky manner. A delivery from Australia's Test dubtant Matthew Kuhnemann hit Kohli on the front pad and umpire Menon raised his finger on the appeal of the Australian players.

An unsatisfied Kohli, asked for a review. The decision went upstairs and replays suggested that the ball hit both Kohli's front pad and bat simultaneously.

To everyone's surprise, the third umpire decided to go ahead with the assumption that the ball hit the pad first. Thus the ball tracker was brought into action and it suggested that the ball would have clipped the leg stump.

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