Pakistan Skipper Shan Masood Opens Up On Controversial Dismissal vs South Africa In 2nd Take a look at | Cricket Information

Pakistan skipper Shan Masood believes the ball-tracking depicted by the Hawkeye did not paint the right image which led to his dismissal within the second innings of the ultimate Take a look at of the collection in opposition to South Africa, reported ESPNCricinfo. Masood, batting at 145, was trapped in entrance of the stumps by debutant Kwena Maphaka. The on-field umpire, Nitin Menon, initially turned down the appeals which led to South Africa taking the choice upstairs by exercising the choice of DRS. In the course of the evaluation, the trajectory depicted that the ball would have gone to crash into the stumps, resulting in the overturning of the on-field choice.

After Pakistan’s collection whitewash, Masood felt that the ball-tracking failure was at fault which led to his dismissal, and stated as quoted from ESPNcricinfo, “It is easy. It was an outswinger. In case you see the ball that I used to be overwhelmed by, it jagged away a great distance. I used to be overwhelmed on the surface edge, and it was proven as an inswinger. I used to be baffled by that to be very trustworthy.”

Masood, who batted for almost six hours throughout two days of play, was hardly troubled all through his keep on the crease. The supply that undid all of his arduous work, landed at size and saved a bit low whereas beating the surface edge. Masood’s try to defend it went in useless because the ball struck his again pad.

“With the bare eye, you would see it felt prefer it was exterior the road as properly. I simply felt it was a unique image. I did not get hit the place Hawkeye was exhibiting it to be hit. I used to be hit extra on the surface of the leg than the within; it exhibits it on the within. That is not an inswinger. I used to be overwhelmed by an outswinger and that is what the umpire thought as properly, and that is all I can say to that,” he added.

When the on-field choice was overturned, Masood did not conceal away his feelings. He visibly held a glance of anger and frustration on his face. When he crossed the boundary line he made a gesture by throwing his hand in an outward arc suggesting the motion of the ball.

“It is as much as the directors to see if that is a good choice or not, however I actually felt that know-how did not present the trajectory of how that ball was,” Masood stated.

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