South Africa captain Dean Elgar’s DRS review controversy has become a talking point around the world of cricket. Now former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has reacted to the same.
South African captain Dean Elgar’s DRS which led to a original out decision was turned to not out has become the talk of the cricket fraternity.
It was during the 21st over of South Africa’s 2nd inning when Ravichandran Ashwin‘s spin ball hit Dean Elgar on his pad and on-field umpire Marais Erasmus gave him, however, the South African captain opted for DRS review, which resulted in his favour.
The DRS review showed that the ball would have eventually went over the stumps, which many Indian players, as well as Marais Erasmus and even Dean Elgar himself didn’t believe that how it was going over the stumps.
Indian team and captain Virat Kohli lost their mind following that and let out their frustration through the stump-mic.
Saeed Ajmal reacts to Dean Elgar DRS Review Controversy
Former Pakistan cricketer Saeed Ajmal is latest to react to it. Saeed Ajmal was quoted in a tweet by Saj Sadiq that Ajmal has watched the review a number of times and believes that is no way a not out. He stated that after watching the review, he believes that the ball would have no way gone over the stumps.
Saeed Ajmal “I’ve watched the Dean Elgar review a few times today. There is no way that the ball was going over the stumps. The ball hit him on the knee-roll and he was out” #SAvsIND #Cricket
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) January 13, 2022
India vs South Africa
Talking about the match, South Africa have the match in their control as they require only 64 runs as of writing this, with 8 wickets in hand.
The series currently hangs in the balance as both teams have won 1 match each going into this match, and a win here for either of the team would mean that they will also win the series.