India’s review restored after Mitchell Marsh LBW controversy in BGT 2024-25 Adelaide Test

The India cricket team got the review involving Mitchell Marsh back on Day 2 of the second Test match against the Australia cricket team at the Adelaide Oval. Mitchell Marsh stayed at the crease after the third umpire ruled there was no conclusive evidence to overturn the on-field decision of not out.

Australia began the day at 86/1 but quickly lost Nathan McSweeney (39) in the first session. Marnus Labuschagne (64) reached a half-century before being dismissed. Jasprit Bumrah picked up three wickets for India, while Nitish Kumar Reddy added one. Mitchell Marsh survived a close call in the first session.

India Retains Review; Mitchell Marsh Review Reinstated

During the 58th over, Ravichandran Ashwin drew Mitchell Marsh onto the front foot. The Indian players appealed for LBW after the ball hit the pads. Replays revealed the ball struck the pad first, confirmed by a spike on the Snickometer. There was a gap between the bat and the ball at the time of impact.

Third umpire Richard Kettleborough concluded there was "no conclusive evidence" and upheld the on-field decision, leaving Team India visibly surprised and in discussion with the umpire. It was later confirmed that India did not lose their review, and the review for the Mitchell Marsh incident was reinstated.

India still has 2 reviews left, the review of Mitchell Marsh incident has been re-stored. pic.twitter.com/xtu5dsRewg

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 7, 2024

Take a look at the video of the incident below:

Bat or pad first? Hard to say - sticking with the umpire's call #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/UqsoPvEruJ

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 7, 2024

Mitchell Marsh's Stay at the Crease Came to an End in the First Innings

However, Mitchell Marsh didn’t last long at the crease in the first innings. Ravichandran Ashwin picked up the wicket of Marsh, who scored just 9 runs off 26 balls. The middle-order batter was given out caught behind by the umpire. Surprisingly, the Snickometer showed no spike to indicate an edge.

“Oh there you go, that’s why they asked, they suspected there was something. Mitch Marsh, before the umpire could even react, took two big steps towards the change room, then pulled up and all of a sudden the finger shot up,” Adam Gilchrist said on Fox Cricket.

“He might have just got a feather,” Ravi Shastri replied.

“Mitch Marsh just took one step then tried to hold his momentum but then realised he’d given himself away, it must have been the faintest of edges, it didn’t look to deviate a great deal,” Gilchrist said.

“You can’t give that out on review. Marsh was obviously convinced that he felt like he nicked it and it doesn’t matter what we think now, how much we dissect it, read the paper tomorrow it will say caught Pant bowled Ashwin,” Gilchrist said.

Australia got bowled out for 337 runs in their first innings. The Pat Cummins-led team took a crucial 157-run first innings lead. Travis Head was the top scorer for Australia with 140 runs off 141 balls, including 17 boundaries and 4 sixes. For India, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj took two wickets each.

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