Set to chase 340 on the final day, India were reeling at 33-3 at lunch, but Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant helped them recover to 112-3 by tea. Pant holed out for 30 not too long after tea, and a collapse ensued. India were 130-6 when Washington Sundar, the last of the all-rounders, joined Jaiswal. The pair continued for more than seven overs.

Having opened the batting, Jaiswal had batted through the Indian innings. Then, in the 71st over of the innings, Pat Cummins bowled a short-pitched ball outside the leg-stump. Jaiswal tried to swivel-pull, the ball went to wicketkeeper Alex Carey, and the Australians appealed. Joel Wilson ruled not out, and Cummins reviewed.

Replays revealed that the ball had deflected off the bat, probably off the sticker on the blade, or off the glove. While the source was not clear, the deflection was evident on camera, especially from a front-view. However, the Snickometer did not reveal any sound. Sharfuddoula Saikat, the television umpire, had to choose between ruling Jaiswal out based on the visual deflection and ruling him not out based on the “snicko”.

Saikat chose the latter, and Wilson had to overturn his decision. Jaiswal, having watched the replays on the screen, was visibly unhappy. He had a word with the umpires, but had little option but to walk back, visibly unimpressed. The crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground voiced their displeasure as well.

“Brave of the third umpire to give that out,” Mark Nicholas later said on air. However, former umpire Simon Taufel agreed with Saikat’s decision.

India lost Akash Deep with 15.5 overs remaining in the Test match. Jasprit Bumrah joined Sundar.

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