'The ball hit the bat, I was about to go out of the field, but the umpire saved…', controversy arose over Steve Smith's Not Out

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steveSmith Not Out Controversy: The 2 test match series between Australia and Bangladesh has started from 13th August. A big controversy has arisen on the very first day. In fact, on the very first day the entire Australian team was limited to 198 runs. Kangaroo team's star batsman Steve Smith fought for the team and scored 71 runs, but a big controversy arose when Steve Smith was given not out. Actually, the ball had taken the edge of his bat, but the third umpire also declared him not out. After the end of the day's play, Steve Smith also admitted that the ball had hit the bat and he was about to leave the field.

Field umpire gave 'not out' to Steve Smith

When Steve Smith was batting, the ball took the edge of his bat and went to the wicketkeeper or fielder. The field umpire declared Steve not out, after which Bangladesh took DRS, but due to technical fault or any other reason, the contact of the ball with the bat was not clearly visible in DRS and the decision of 'not out' of the field umpire remained intact. In this way Steve Smith was saved from getting out.

Steve Smith admitted that the ball had hit the edge of the bat

After this, Steve Smith held a press conference after the end of the day's play and he showed complete honesty and revealed that during the match the ball had taken the edge of his bat. When the journalist asked him, “Did the ball touch the bat?”, Smith admitted, “Yes, I think so.” Steve said that he considered himself lucky because he felt the contact of the ball on the bat and he was about to leave the crease and go back. However, the DRS decision today worked in his favor and saved him, after which he smiled and said that generally this technology proves to be very good in cricket.

Why did the controversy arise?

There has been a debate in the cricket world after this statement of Steve Smith. Everyone says that if the batsman himself knew that he was out and was about to leave the crease, then how could DRS and the umpire make such a big mistake in this big match. Fans and cricket experts are now raising questions on the level of umpiring and the credibility of DRS. The third umpire is being criticized a lot.

Australia limited to 198 runs, Hasan Mahmood took 6 wickets

Talking about this match, Australia won the toss and batted first and were limited to 198 runs. For the first time, Australia's team has been bundled out for so many runs against Bangladesh. Steve Smith played the highest innings of 71 runs for the Kangaroo team. Apart from this, no batsman could do anything special. Whereas Bangladesh's fast bowler Hasan Mahmood created history by taking 6 wickets. He has become only the third fast bowler of Bangladesh to take 6 wickets in a Test innings against Australia.

Also read: Mitchell Starc created history, became the world's number 1 bowler to do so in Test cricket

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