Rahul dravid two big defeats of team India: Indian cricket veteran Rahul Dravid has won many matches as a cricketer as a cricketer. At the same time, Dravid has also been the head coach of the Indian team, then Team India won the T20 World Cup 2024 title. But Rahul Dravid is still in some difficulty in his mind, due to which Team India is still prickling two defeats. These are the moments when Team India was standing on the threshold of victory and missed out on winning the match. One of these is the defeat in Barbados in 1997. The second World Cup final was played in 2003.

Barabados Test lost

Rahul Dravid referred to Ravichandran Ashwin’s Series against West Indies in 1997 on YouTube channel. At that time the third Test between India and the Caribbean team was played in Barbados. In the second innings of this match, Team India had a target of 120 runs, but the Indian team was all out on the score of 80 runs.

Rahul Dravid said that the pitch was very difficult, but if we had added 50 to 60 runs, then we could win that match. Along with this, the series would also be 1-0 in the name of India. Rahul Dravid told that there was a lot of rain in that entire series and the decision of only one match came. Dravid said that if I get a chance, I would like to change the result of that match.

India lost World Cup Final

Another necklace to Rahul Dravid that is still prickling is the World Cup final 2003. Dravid said that we had taken the right decision to win the toss and bowl first, because the overcast condition was. But the opposition team’s performance was excellent and Australia won the final match by 125 runs. India missed out on winning the World Cup under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly.

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Aus vs wi test: In the ongoing first Test match between Australia and West Indies, more discussion is being done about the decisions of third umpire than the game. In the first matches, there has been a continuous disputed decisions in a two -day game into debate. West Indies head coach Darren Sammy has made serious allegations against the third umpire Adrian Holdstock. He has said that such decisions of the umpire are harming the game and are creating scope of suspicion.

Four disputed decisions of third umpire

So far, four such DRS decisions have been taken in the Australia vs. West Indies Test in Bridgetown, which have raised questions by even players, coaches and commentators.

During Australia’s first innings, when the bat of Travis Head hit a light internal edge off Shamar Joseph and wicketkeeper Shai Hope caught a catch, the matter went to the third umpire. Ultra-Edge was clearly seen hitting the ball with the bat and Hope also caught a soft catch, but the third umpire called the head not out.

After this, at the beginning of the second day, Roston Chase was given a knotout after an appeal off Josh Hazlewood. In DRS, the third umpire admitted that the ball was first bang, so he was called notout, but after that in the 50th over, Chase was again given LBW out off Pat Cummins. This time there were ‘Spikes’ on Ultra-Eudge in DRS, that is, the ball was seen touching the bat, yet the third umpire said that there was a gap between the bat and the ball and Chase was called out. On this decision, the commentator Ian Bishop said on-air, “I do not agree with this decision because the ball is first hit by the bat.”

In the 58th over of the West Indies innings, Alex Carrie lashed out by Shai Hope with one hand. The field umpire sent the verdict to the third umpire and the third umpire called it out, while the ball was seen touching the ground while Carrie fell in the replay. This decision was overshadowed by the West Indies innings and the team was reduced to 190 runs.

Coach Darren Sammy’s anger exploded

After all these decisions, West Indies coach Darren Sammy said clearly after the day’s play is over, “You don’t want the decision to go to the umpires during the match, but when such decisions are made one after the other, it becomes necessary to raise the question.” He also added that these mistakes have an impact not only on the scoreboard, but also on the defeat and victory of the match.

Match condition

Australia scored 180 runs in the first innings, in response to which the West Indies team has been able to lead only 10 runs by scoring 190 runs. By the end of the second day’s play, Australia have scored 92 runs in the second innings at the loss of 4 wickets and so far have gained 82 runs.