IND VS AUS: Bat first, pad first? But Virat Kohli had to go
Updated On: 19 February, 2023 08:39 AM IST | New Delhi | SS Ramaswamy
Virat Kohli dismissed in controversial manner as replays fail to figure out whether the ball initially made contact with bat or pad
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Virat Kohli after walks off after being dismissed for 44 v Australia on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images
There is an age-old convention in cricket, before the current days of TV replays and Decision Review System (DRS), that the benefit of doubt should favour the batsman or, rather, the gender-neutral term batter.
The logic for this is simple… while the batter has only one life in his or her knock, the bowler has many chances to dismiss him or her.
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