Kumble gives his veridict on Jaiswal's run-out

Anil Kumble was straightforward in his criticism of Yashasvi Jaiswal, blaming him, and not non-striker Shubman Gill, for his disastrous run-out at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday (October 11).

The former captain felt that there was ‘no chance’ for a single when Jaiswal had driven the ball straight to the mid-off fielder.

It happened in just the second over of the day’s play, with Jaiswal batting at 175. Jaiswal drove Jayden Seales and set off immediately. Gill watched the ball and turned around to say no, but Jaiswal was more than halfway down the ground and could only see Tagenarine Chanderpaul and keeper Tevin Imlach combine to catch him short. Jaiswal, having missed his double century by 25 runs, was visibly angry at Gill.

“It was Yashasvi Jaiswal’s fault,” Kumble said on the broadcast, as quoted by The Hindustan Times. “He wouldn’t have made it even to the non-striker’s end because it went straight to the mid-off fielder. There was absolutely no chance. The only doubt was whether the keeper had full control of the ball when the bails came off. But the umpire didn’t even refer it to the third umpire, and that to me was a bit of a surprise.”

Meanwhile, former West Indies international Darren Ganga, also on the commentary panel, was more pragmatic and restrained. He called it a 50-50 call and said Gill should have done better by focusing on his partner instead of the ball, which is a textbook rule in the sport.

“As a batter, sometimes when you’re on the move after playing a shot, you feel like you can make it. That was the case with Jaiswal, he felt he was already in motion and could get to the other end,” said Ganga. “But when I look back at the replay, I felt it was 50-50. It’s a risk he shouldn’t have taken, especially being well set at the start of a new day… From the coaching manual, you’d say the non-striker should respond to his partner, but Gill was ball watching. His delayed response left Jaiswal stranded,” Ganga said.

It didn’t affect India as much as Jaiswal, with Gill scoring a brisk century and the team declaring the first innings at 518/5.