WATCH: Aleem Dar makes a questionable decision as the third umpire in the boxing day test

Umpiring has been in the news for quite some time now. Along with this, veteran umpire Aleem Dar too in the news for his umpiring blunder.

He came in the limelight during the Ashes in 2013 when he refused to give out after Stuart Broad edged the ball to first slip. The mistake somehow cost Australia the Test match, but Dar was not entirely to blame as Australia had already wasted their two reviews earlier.

However, Dar’s incorrect decision on Saturday at the MCG during the boxing day Test was inexcusable. A lethal bouncer from Mitchell Starc during the morning session of day three hit the wristband of Mitch Santner’s glove and he was caught by Travis Head at leg gully.

On-field umpire Marais Erasmus called that a not out as the deflection was not obvious during the live play. However, Australia captain Tim Paine called for a review after other players insisted on him.

Aleem Dar, who was sitting upstairs in the airconditioned third umpire’s room, had a lot of time to watch the replays and rectify the decision as well. The footage from the on-side was clearly showing the ball had struck the glove’s wristband of the batsman.

The wristb and visibly stretched up the batsman’s arm after the contact where no technology was needed to decide whether the batsman was out or not. Dar took a huge amount of time analyzing the dismissal, which was not that hard to make the decision.