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'If ball is hitting stumps, it should be out,' Virat Kohli says the umpire's call 'is creating lot of confusion'
Speaking to reporters at the virtual press conference ahead of the game, Kohli said that if the ball is hitting the stumps, it should be out.
India captain Virat Kohli opened up on his views on the controversial 'umpire's call' rule and said that it is creating a lot of confusion. Kohli's remarks came just a day before India's first ODI against England in Pune, which will be played on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters at the virtual press conference ahead of the game, Kohli said that if the ball is hitting the stumps, it should be out.
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"Look, I have played in the time where there was no DRS. The umpire made the decision whether the batsman liked it or not, it stayed like that. Vice-versa, if the umpire gave it not out and it was out, it stayed like that," he was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
"Whether it was marginal or not, according to me, umpire's call right now is creating a lot of confusion. When you get bowled as a batsman, you do not expect the ball to hit more than 50 per cent into the stumps to consider yourself getting bowled," Kohli added.
"If the ball is shown clipping the stumps, basic cricket common sense, I do not think there should be any debates on that, if the ball is hitting the stumps, it should be out. Whether you like it or not, you should lose the review," Kohli further added.
"If it hits the stumps or missing the stumps, it should not matter how much the ball is clipping because it is creating a lot of confusion. One more factor that needs to be considered is how the fielding team responds to a dismissal that is claimed.
"This is somewhere defining the soft signals as well. You have to question what the spirit of the game is and what those guidelines are because if things like that happen with the Indian cricket team overseas then you are talking about completely different conversation about spirit of the game.
"So look, it is a serious thing which needs to be considered because there is a lot at stake in bigger tournaments. You do not want any grey area hampering the game and it leaves with you no clarity," he signed off.
