WTC final: 'Did Southee just drop the match?' - Twitterati react to pacer dropping Rishabh Pant in slips

Written By DNA Web Team | Updated: Jun 23, 2021, 05:09 PM IST

Tim Southee dropped Rishabh Pant when he was on just 5 | Photo: BCCI / Twitter

Tim Southee dropped Rishabh Pant off Kyle Jamieson when he was batting on just five on the final day of World Test Championship final.

Kyle Jamieson was on fire in the first session on the final day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India as he dismissed Team India skipper Virat Kohli and batsman Cheteshwar Pujara in his consecutive overs to peg the opposition back and almost got his third wicket.

Jamieson set a similar trap for the wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant as he did in the first innings. A full ball from over the wicket angling across towards the off stump and Pant tried to have a poke at it and a healthy edge went to the right of the second slip, but Tim Southee at the position fumbled it.

This was Southee's second drop of the game as he dropped Ravindra Jadeja in the first innings as well.

The users on Twitter unanimously suggested that Southee might have dropped that match and not just the catch as Pant has proved time and again that he can take the game away from the opposition if he gets set. South African fast bowler, Dale Steyn also thought that Southee might have dropped the mace, but later he deleted the tweet.

Here are some of the reactions: