ICC Clarifies Broadcasting Error During Rassie Van Der Dussen's LBW Dismissal Against Pakistan - WATCH

Controversy was not hard to find when Pakistan played South Africa in the World Cup yesterday. In fact, the match was laced with it, especially regarding the DRS decisions, and that of Shamsi specifically.

But, before it got to that point where South Africa had to clinch the won in such desperate and dire situations, there was Rassie van der Dussen.

The top-order batter played a calm and sensible innings which helped his strike partners to take initiative and push for the total.

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In the ninth over, concussion substitute and spinner Usama Mir made his mark by bowing a skidding delivery to Rassie, who misjudged the ball. It eventually rolled onto his pads, near the knee roll, thereby eliciting an appeal for LBW, which was ultimately agreed upon by the umpire.

Van der Dussen reviewed the call, and the third umpire moved to ball-tracking after Ultra-Edge showed a flat line. Suddenly, a ball-tracking window came up for a split second, which showed impact to be ‘umpire’s call’ and wickets to be ‘missing’. It was taken down immediately, and the cameras showed Pakistani players on the field.

Then, ball-tracking was shown again from the start, and this time, it was changed to show that it would have just clipped the bails, staying with the umpire’s call, which was ‘out’.

The dismissal was an important one, with the Proteas and Pakistan playing out an engaging contest at Chennai. And at the end of all the confusion, the South African batter was sent back to the pavilion.

After the match, ICC released a statement in order to clear the air about all the smoke and mirrors in what turned out to be a controversial and heated encounter between two teams fighting to keep their World Cup dreams alive.

“In today’s match between South Africa and Pakistan, an incomplete graphic was erroneously displayed during the LBW review of Rassie van der Dussen,” an ICC spokesperson said. “The completed graphic with the right details was ultimately displayed.”‘

But, this instance, which was captured by the likes of all who watched it, was captured and sparked heated conversation regarding the use of DRS in cricket. And the masses took to social media to share their thoughts on the same.

Ultimately, South Africa clinched a nail-biter of a win, by one wicket to break a 24-year drought of not having won against Pakistan in an ODI World Cup, leaving Pakistan barely hanging on by a thread in the edition of the World Cup.