Ind vs Aus: Pat Cummins tries to review third umpire's decision, Irfan Pathan takes dig at Australia

Australian captain Pat Cummins tried to review the decision of the third umpire at the start of Day 4 of the forth Test against India at Melbourne on Sunday. The incident happened as Australia appealed for the dismissal of Mohammed Siraj, who looked like he had edged a delivery into the hands of a fielder in slips. The on-field umpires referred the claimed catch to the third umpire, who felt that the ball bounced on the pitch after hitting Siraj's bat.


The third umpire gave the decision in favour of the batter and Cummins, along with his team, protested against the call. The Australia skipper even signaled DRS, asking for the call to be reviewed again.



However, the on-field umpire informed him that a decision has already been given by the third umpire, so it could not be reviewed again.

In the commentary box, former India cricketer Irfan Pathan mocked Australia, saying the hosts are probably thinking it's 2008 where they can influence umpires.


"This is very interesting. I have never seen this before. He is saying, 'You, as umpires, took it upstairs on your own behalf, but I want to review the decision.' I do think it needs to be looked at very closely," Gilchrist said on air.


"The umpire said I've seen the ball bounce after it hit the bat. That was a very quick call, a very quick call, just two replays," Shastri said.

Many controversial umpiring decisions went against India during their tour of Australia in 2007-08. For instance, Andrew Symonds was not given out despite a clear deflection off his bat. On the other hand, India's Yuvraj Singh was given out caught when despite the ball not touching his bat. During one of the instances, Australia captain Ricky Ponting told the umpire that Sourav Ganguly was caught cleanly in the slip cordon but that wasn't the case.