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KL Rahul dismissal controversy: ‘Thought it was just a regulation wicket,’ says Mitchell Starc | Cricket News

KL Rahul dismissal controversy: ‘Thought it was just a regulation wicket,’ says Mitchell Starc | Cricket News

KL Rahul’s wicket kicked up a storm of controversy in the opening day of the first Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy but Australia pacer Mitchell Starc remarked that he thought it was a ‘regulation’ wicket. “It got overturned obviously, but I thought it was regulation, the sound it made, the timing of it, I thought it was just a regulation wicket,” Starc said at the press conference after the day’s play. Rahul (26), who anchored India’s innings was controversially given out after a review of caught behind off the bowling of Starc on the stroke of lunch on Day 1 in Perth. While the on-field umpire didn’t give it out originally, it was overturned after a spike appeared on snicko, even though Rahul felt that it was from his bat hitting his pad. The Indian opener was in absolute disbelief and had a chat with the on-field umpires before walking back to the hut. Former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who was commentating for Fox Cricket, said there was not enough evidence for …