The third India vs England Test, which the hosts gained by an enormous margin, had its moments. From Sarfaraz Khan‘s debut to Yashasvi Jaiswal‘s commanding double ton to Ravindra Jadeja‘s all-round present, the match was a deal with for cricket followers. The match had its controversial moments too. England captain Ben Stokes was sad with among the doubtful LBW calls in the course of the course of the match. that left him and head coach Brendon McCullum bemused. Stokes, citing the instance of Zak Crawley‘s LBW dismissal within the second innings to Jasprit Bumrah, advised that the Umpire’s Call side needs to be scrapped.

“My personal opinion is if the ball is hitting the stumps, it is hitting the stumps. They should take away ‘umpire’s call’ if I’m being perfectly honest. I don’t want to get too much into it because it sounds like we are moaning and saying that is why we lost the Test match,” mentioned Stokes.

However, as Ben Stokes’ feedback despatched ripples throughout the cricket world, an outdated video of former England captain Nasser Hussain education Virat Kohli for questioning Virat Kohli went viral. 

In the video, which was shot in 2021, Nasser Hussain defined the necessity for Umpire’s Call after the then-Indian skipper Virat Kohli had mentioned one thing much like what Stokes mentioned.

The motive why there’s Umpire’s name in DRS. Excellent rationalization by Nasser Hussain. pic.twitter.com/t9SrJPSr08

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) February 19, 2024

In the video, Hussain will be seen explaining why the assertion that if the ball tracker reveals the ball is hitting the stumps then it’s ‘out’ will not be proper.

Meanwhile, Ben Stokes clarified that he is not pinning the blame for his staff’s loss on the expertise however needs the DRS system to be extra strong.

“It is not something you pin down to result of the game. Sometimes when you are on the wrong end of those decisions it hurts but that is part of the game. You want them to go your way, sometimes they do, and sometimes they don’t

“You simply desire a degree taking part in discipline. The umpires have an extremely arduous job as it’s, particularly in India when the ball is spinning. My private opinion is that if the ball is hitting the stumps, it’s hitting the stumps. They ought to take away ‘umpire’s name’ if I’m being completely sincere. I do not wish to get an excessive amount of into it as a result of it appears like we’re moaning and saying that’s the reason we misplaced the Test match.”