Ben Stokes has stirred a controversy after he took a catch and claimed it during the opening day of the third Test at Motera on Wednesday. Shubman Gill got a reprieve after the replay showed that Stokes had not taken it cleanly. It did not take long for the TV umpire to spot that on the replay after the on-field umpire gave out as the soft signal. Stuart Broad got the ball to come off the outside edge of Gill and the ball was dying on Stokes, he took it initially, but then grasped it.
And of course, Twitter users are having a field day with the situation. Here are our best picks.
Ben Stokes!!!
How it started How it ended pic.twitter.com/Pqalk6KJPy
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) February 24, 2021
Just get a feeling watching Ben Stokes leave the field that he’s going to use any object that comes his way in the dressing-room during the dinner break as a prop to indicate to everyone how he thought he had a finger under the ball #INDvENG
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07) February 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/Kohlify/status/1364538306562727936
Indians reaction after watching Ben Stokes catch on on-screen 😂😂#INDvENG #PinkBallTest @benstokes38 @englandcricket pic.twitter.com/ntBZmy8fjN
— Straight Drive (@StraightDrive_) February 24, 2021
https://twitter.com/sassypenguin49/status/1364588238053117952
https://twitter.com/MotuGoluCheese/status/1364564202640138244
https://twitter.com/binzy24/status/1364566240111390721
https://twitter.com/billz_25/status/1364565358959542277
