CWC 2023: Fans cry foul play after Rassie van der Dussen's controversial DRS dismissal during PAK vs SA clash

Rassie van der Dussen was adjudged lbw against Usama Mir.

By Rishabh Beniwal

Updated - 28 Oct 2023, 00:09 IST

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The Match 26 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 between Pakistan and South Africa landed in controversy as Rassie Van der Dussen was adjudged lbw after a questionable review. On the fifth ball of the 19th over bowled by Usama Mir, Van der Dussen was hit on his pads as the entire Pakistan team went up for appeal. On field umpire Paul Reifel raised his finger to signal the South African batter out.

Unhappy with the decision, Van der Dussen immediately reviewed it and the ultra edge found no bat contact of the ball. However, due to some bug, the ball tracking loaded automatically and the ball was shown missing the stumps. But a few seconds later, the ball tracking was used again and on this occasion, the hitting came as ‘umpire’s call’ which led to Van der Dussen being declared out.

The incident hasn’t gone down well with the fans who are accusing the authorities of foul play in the DRS system and changing the decision on their whims.

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Coming back to the match, Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected to bat first. However, his decision wasn’t vindicated by openers Abdullah Shafique (9 off 17) and Imam-ul-Haq (12 off 18) who both fell prey to Marco Jansen leaving their side on 38/2 after 6.3 overs.

Captain Babar (50 off 65) continued to hold one end and scored his third half-century of the tournament but he once again failed to convert it into a big score and got dismissed by Tabraiz Shamsi Saud Shakeel (52 off 52) and Shadab Khan (43 off 36) added 84 runs for the sixth wicket off 71 balls to help Pakistan cross the 220-run mark.

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South Africa win by one wicket

However, they failed to bat the entire 50 overs and got bundled out for 270 in 46.4 overs. In reply, South Africa didn’t get off to a great start as Quinton de Kock (24 off 14) and Temba Bavuma (28 off 27) were dismissed cheaply. 

Markram held the innings together with his magnificent knock but following his dismissal in the 41st over South Africa were left reeling at 250/8 needing another 21 runs to win. Keshav Maharaj (7* off 21) and Tabraiz Shamsi (4* off 6) guided their team home in 47.2 overs and won the game for their side. 

Here are a few reactions from fans on Rassie van der Dussen's dismissal

 

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