WATCH: Akash Deep reviews two back-to-back umpire decisions going against him during ongoing ENG vs IND 2025 at Lord’s

A horrible incident took place in five minutes during the evening session of the third Test between England and India at Lord’s. On two deliveries, the standing umpire, Sharfuddoula, gave Akash Deep leg before the stumps, but on both occasions, the batter reviewed the decision and came out on the right side of the coin. It was strange how the umpire got it wrong both times. 

Ravindra Jadeja got out on the second ball of the 114th over from Chris Woakes as Jamie Smith grabbed a fine catch behind the stumps. But on the third delivery of the over, the bowler used a nip backer that rapped onto the Bengal batter’s pads on the middle and leg stump line. The umpire raised his finger, but on review, it was shown that the ball would have been missing the leg stump.  

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The very next ball was under the bat of the right-handed batter. On the fifth ball of the over, Woakes went with a good length delivery as the ball jagged back to hit the batter on the middle. The umpire raised his finger again before Akash Deep showed the T sign. The replays showed that the ball would have missed the stumps quite comfortably.

WATCH: Akash Deep reviews two successive umpire decisions going against him in ENG vs IND 2025 Test

The England side looked immensely confident on the second appeal, as the captain, Ben Stokes, even asked the non-striker batter, Washington Sundar, about the height, but he felt that it was going over the stumps. It was a bizarre decision from the umpire, who, although he saved the Indian side during the first innings of the second Edgbaston Test with a couple of umpires’ calls.

India, thanks to Jadeja’s half-century and Washington Sundar’s resistance, were able to back their lower order. Even after losing centurion KL Rahul and wicket-keeper batter, Rishabh Pant, on both ends of the lunch break, they got the vital runs and leveled with England’s first innings score with nine down.

With the pitch looking good even for the fourth innings, they could aim for a decent score on the board. It won’t be easy for the England batters to bat in the third innings after spending nearly one and a half days in the heat.