Paul Reiffel's choice on Joe Root cost England four runs, which might have been a bit lower than the 193-run goal they set for India. The previous England captain, who made a hard-fought 40 in the second innings, was on 36 when he narrowly avoided being out LBW. The ball struck Mohammed Siraj on the pads as Root made a leg-side shuffle. The umpire Reiffel was not persuaded, but Siraj and Shubman Gill, the captain of India, thought the match was considerably tighter. That's when things started to get interesting—right after they ran upstairs.

The umpire's decision stood, even though the ball's trajectory clipped the top of the leg stump and it had also hit and pitched in line. The ruling, which stated that the Indian players were not out, caused a stir in the broadcasting and commentary community, as the Indian team battled to accept the reality. Everyone else, including KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel, and Gill, were equally enraged and voiced their disapproval. The renowned Sunil Gavaskar, who was in the commentary box, stated that there was no chance the ball could not have hit the stumps.

Neither Trott nor Gavaskar is impressed.

"The ball has moved that far, which is hard for me to believe. Are you claiming that it was going to kiss the leg stump? No way. It was kicking the leg stump off. The fact that India has not lost the review is the sole redeeming factor, according to Gavaskar.

However, India was not severely harmed by the decision because shortly after, Washington Sundar took the first of his four wickets by dismissing the England legend. In fact, India, realizing that Reiffel could not be of much assistance to them, completely excluded the LBW from the picture and bowled the remaining English batsmen out for 192 by clean bowling them.

Reiffel's choice was not something that Jonathan Trott, who was on the English commentary team, could wrap his head around either. "I'm speechless. I believed that the replay showed it crashing into the inner portion of the leg stump. I couldn't fathom that it was gone when I saw it live. You believed it was going to strike the stump's interior. The leg stump was almost missing from that typical pace. Once more, England makes it through. He said, "India animated."

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