England spinner Jack Leach was “angry” after a doubtful umpiring decision cost him a wicket in the second test against India, but the left-arm spinner was relieved that it did not cost his team much in Chennai on Saturday.
England challenged a not-out decision favouring Ajinkya Rahane, then on 66, convinced that the batsman had been caught by Ollie Pope at short leg off Leach.
While there was no contact when the ball passed the bat, TV umpire Anil Chaudhary failed to detect the ball kissing the glove en route to Pope after ballooning off the pad.
Rahane then added one more run to his score before being bowled out by Moeen Ali. England had their review restored later.
“At the time I was a little bit angry, but getting a wicket the next over makes it a little bit easier. It’s not cost us too much,” Leach, who claimed 2-78, said after India finished the opening day on 300-6.
“And we’ve got our review back which is also important. But I’d rather have three (wickets) than two, I guess.”
Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was among those baffled by the decision.
“How can a third umpire not look at that?” Maxwell wrote on Twitter.
Rohit Sharma smashed a stroke-filled 161 to rescue India from a top-order collapse, and the opener was also beneficiary of a doubtful umpiring decision.
Batting on 159, Rohit survived a tight stumping against Leach even though replays were not conclusive that the batsman had any part of his boot behind the line as needed.
Thanks to his seventh test century, England, who won the opening test by 227 runs, will have a battle on their hands on a track where the ball has already started turning prodigiously.
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