Mitchell Starc drops a massive statement on Kl Rahul’s controversial decision in the Perth test says ” I thought it was just a..”

In light of recent events, Australia pacer Mitchell Starc downplayed KL Rahul’s DRS controversy stating it was just a regular wicket. Starc in the press chat after Day 1 of the Perth Test noted that the dismissal of Rahul, looked like a standard one, even though a lot of many were of the opinion that the batter was out without any solid proof.

KL Rahul Even on Day One and Just before the lunch up to In the first Test at Perth KL Rahul was unhappy when he was ruled out caught behind. The scene had started when Mitchell Starc bowled a delivery to the right handed batsman that was angled away. The ball was very close to the bat, and a noise was heard by the stump computer. Mohamed Asif struck his imagination and most likely his bat, toward a pad of batter standing in front of him, shimmying.

On-field umpire Richard Kettleborough initially ruled it not out sparking Australian captain Pat Cummins inquiring of a review after conversing with teammates for a considerable time. Third umpire Richard Illingworth looked at the footage but was given only a side on shot of the incident. The Real-Time Snickometer (RTS) registered a spike when the ball was passing the bat but it was unclear whether the noise was created from the ball striking the bat or the pad due to the angle of the shot.

In an unusual turn of events, the third umpire did not instruct the broadcasters to go back to the tape and look for a second spike indicating that the bat had indeed connected with both the ball and the pad.

Starc addressed the media and explained that it was pretty obvious for the third umpire to give Rahul out.

“It got overturned but I thought the sound had to be bat on ball; that was the reason I felt it was just a standard wicket,” Starc said

Highly acclaimed former Australian batter, Michael Hussey among many felt that the decision to overturn the verdict is quite “controversial”.

“That’s controversial – there was a spike on the Snicko, but was the spike due to the ball connecting with the bat, or the bat hitting his pad?,” Hussey stated while on Fox.

“You can see the bat just clipping the pad, so you’ve just got to get the timing right… I don’t know, but there’s got to be some doubt there in my mind,” he concluded.

Some claimed that, due to the sounds played from the stump mic, there was a woody sound made prior to the bat hitting the pad suggesting that the ball had indeed connected with the bat. This however remains unproven.

A number of people were upset with Richard Illingworth’s decision to give it out with no evidence stating that laws of cricket clearly say there has to be evidence for an on-field decision to be reversed.

There was also a lot of criticism directed towards the broadcasters for showing only one look at the replay along with the Snickometer. In fact, the straight-up view of the dismissal was telecast but rather after Rahul had gone back to the dressing area.