Shubman Gill catch controversy: Glenn McGrath has opened up on the controversial dismissal of Shubman Gill during the WTC Final against Australia and said he was happy with the decision made in the end by the third umpire.
Australia had set India a target of 444 to win and the Indian team started their chase on a very positive note as Rohit Sharma and Gill got off to a flyer, scoring 41 runs in 7.2 overs.
However, at the stroke of tea on Day 4, Gill was given out in a controversial moment in the match. In the first delivery of the 8th over bowled by Scott Boland, Gill was undone by the extra bounce on The Oval pitch as the ball hit the shoulder of his bat when he was lunging forward. The ball flew to the slip cordon where Cameron Green dived to his left and took a one-handed catch.
The third umpire, Richard Kettleborough, took his time to analyse the catch from multiple angles. Ultimately, he gave the decision as out, much to the dismay of fans and Gill. This has courted a lot of opinion in the past few days from fans and pundits, with McGrath also providing his view.
The legendary pacer said, as quoted by PTI, that he thinks most of such catches are out and was happy with the call in the end. McGrath said that if the roles had been reversed and India had got the reward for such a catch, he would have still been happy.
