Was Virat Kohli out or was he not? This has stirred a massive debate on social space after the third umpire gave the former India captain a reprieve. While most reckon it was grasped, former England captain Michael Vaughan thinks Kohli was out. The former English captain took to X to give his verdict. In fact, Australian greats Allan Border and Mark Waugh also felt Kohli was lucky to still be in the middle. 

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‘I think that’s out’

“I think that’s out; I think that’s very close to touching the grass but I think he rolled underneath it with his finger,” Waugh told Fox Cricket.

“I think he’s got away with one there Kohli, but that’s the way the game goes. I suppose you can look at it two ways, beauty’s in the eye of the beholder. I think evidence suggests he just had his finger underneath it.”

“It looks like he had enough hand underneath the ball … it’s so close, it’s hard to tell,” Border added.