Tim Paine’s decision to not review a caught-behind appeal involving Virat Kohli during the first Australia v India Test in Adelaide split opinion on Twitter.

Kohli was batting on 16 when a Nathan Lyon delivery took a sharp turn off the pitch, appearing to take along a faint touch of the batsman’s gloves when he tried to flick it towards fine leg. Paine caught the ball cleanly but there were mixed reactions from the fielders around Kohli. The umpire turned the appeal down, leaving Paine with a tough decision to make: whether to take a review or not.

Even though Matthew Wade, who was stationed at short leg, tried to persuade the captain to go for a review, Paine, with all three reviews remaining, decided against it. However, soon enough, replays proved that it was the wrong call.

While the hotspot did show a faint edge, in Paine’s defence, the Snickometer caught nothing as the ball went past Kohli’s gloves. Many felt that Paine was in fact right to not risk a review, when he wasn’t completely sure of the dismissal.

[caption id=”attachment_188320″ align=”alignnone” width=”800″] The Snickometer caught nothing[/caption]

Others, however, were gutted (or relieved) after the non-review from Paine, depending on where their loyalties lay.

Some even wanted Kohli to walk after gloving the delivery.

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