The just lately concluded India-England sequence noticed some incredible performances throughout all of the codecs. From Joe Root’s double century within the first Test to Axar Patel and R Ashwin’s domination within the subsequent three. A carefully contested T20I sequence with a sensational debut for Ishan Kishan and a fifty in his second sport for Suryakumar Yadav to Krunal Pandya’s emotional debut within the first ODI in addition to a Sam Curran masterclass to nearly seal the ODI sequence for England within the final, the 11-match affair between the 2 sides had every little thing with some gamers outperforming others and making a declare for themselves within the sides.
But, it wasn’t simply the gamers who stole the present and impressed, the umpiring, regardless of some heavy criticism and minute scrutiny, additionally stood out to some extent – due to India’s Nitin Menon.
With coronavirus nonetheless a menace world wide, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had to make use of solely umpires from the respective nations have been the matches have been performed and with India having just one umpire from the ‘Elite Panel’, quite a bit was on Menon to ship and he did so in fashion and with utmost accuracy.
Menon officiated in 4 Tests and 6 of the 8 limited-overs matches and a complete of 40 referrals have been made in opposition to Menon’s selections throughout the sequence however solely 5 have been upheld with 23 referrals in opposition to him being shunned whereas 12 have been dominated umpire’s name by the TV umpire.
What’s extra spectacular is out of the 35 LBW selections given by Menon and have been referred, solely two have been overturned and his accuracy confirmed when crew’s thought twice earlier than referring Menon’s calls.
And, his accuracy didn’t go unnoticed as Dinesh Karthik and Aakash Chopra took to Twitter to reward the 37-year-old umpire from Indore.
“We have to give credit where it’s due and this whole series if there has been a revelation, thy name is “NITIN MENON”. He’s been phenomenally constant and I hope he will get one of the best umpire award for this 12 months. He is certainly among the best on the planet,” Karthik tweeted.
We have to present credit score the place it is due and this complete sequence ,if there was a revelation, thy title is “NITIN MENON”.He’s been phenomenally constant and I hope he will get one of the best umpire award for this 12 months.He is certainly among the best on the planet. @BCCI #high quality #INDvsENG
— DK (@DineshKarthik) March 28, 2021
Former India opener and present commentator Chopra additionally had a humorous tackle Menon’s elegant umpiring expertise and shared a photograph on Twitter to reward Menon.
When Nitin Menon Gives a Decision 🥳🙌 #IndvEng pic.twitter.com/zHdRYBCHrA
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 28, 2021
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