Nitin Menon, who has struggled to get lbw and caught-behind decisions right in Kanpur, was involved in an animated exchange with the spinner in the 73rd over. Ravichandran Ashwin opted to bowl with a diagonal run-up in the over, trotting in front of the umpire and then the non-striker while delivering the ball.
This seemed to not only obstruct the umpire’s vision slightly but also disturb the non-striker, Tom Latham. Nitin Menon had a chat with Ravichandran Ashwin which looked slightly heated on the television. He then called up skipper Ajinkya Rahane, too, discussing the issue with both between the overs.
Here some fans heard bits of these conversations on the stump mic and uploaded them on Twitter. Nitin Menon was apparently heard saying
Rahane replied:
The umpire then said:
Ashwin cheekily replied:
Ravichandran Ashwin was also heard saying,
On-air commentators also reported that Indian head coach Rahul Dravid had met the match referee and his former teammate Javagal Srinath about the same. Their conversation was undisclosed, but Ravichandran Ashwin dropped the diagonal run-up in the next over and went back to his more orthodox methods.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav’s wickets give respite to India in the first session
Overcoming the poor umpiring, Ravichandran Ashwin took the wicket of Will Young in the session, getting the opener out on 89.
He was brilliant after the dismissal as well and the pressure built on both ends by him and Ravindra Jadeja helped Umesh Yadav get the prized wicket of Kane Williamson (18) just before Lunch.
New Zealand went to the break at 197/2, still 148 runs behind India’s total.
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