Sunil Gavaskar baffled by umpire’s objection to Rishabh Pant’s stance

Rishabh Pant

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar is baffled as to why the English umpires objected to Rishabh Pant's stance of standing outside the crease during the ongoing third Test against England as he feels that rules doesn't prevent him from doing so.

After the end of the first day's play at Headingley, the swashbuckling wicketkeeper said he had to change his stance after being told by the umpire as batting outside the crease to negate swing formed footmarks in the danger area on the pitch.

But Gavaskar said footmarks don't determine a batsman's stance. "I was wondering why was he told to change his stance, if that is true. I only read it. Batsman can stand anywhere, even on the middle of the pitch and when the batsman goes down the track against the spinners [footmarks can form even then]," Gavaskar said while commentating on the third day of the match. His fellow commentator and former India player Sanjay Manjrekar called it "ridiculous".

'Keeper Pant told to remove taping

Indian wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant was asked to take off the taping between the fourth and fifth finger of his 'keeping glove on Day Two. The incident happened shortly before the start of the final session of the day.

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