At the Melbourne Cricket Ground during Day 1 of the fourth Test against India Australian batters Sam Konstas and Marnus Labuschagne were found guilty of running onto the pitch. Former Indian cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan attacked on the role of on-field umpires on Day 1 of the fourth Test between India and Australia in Melbourne after the likes of Sam Konstas and Marnus Labuschagne were found running on the pitch.
This issue comes to attention when Indian skipper Rohit Sharma warned Labuschagne not to run on the pitch. On the commentating task, Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan both questioned the umpire’s role in the issue, thus pointing out the infringement.
“Rohit Sharma is telling Marnus Labuschagne to not run on the pitch…This is the job of umpire (to warn batters),” Pathan told soon, Gavaskar, pointed out that Konstas was guilty too.
“And Sam Konstas was doing the same. If you would have watched Sam Konstas, he was running on the pitch and nobody warned him,” the cricketer told. “….they (umpires) are just watching Rohit and Labuschagne having a chat. Look, the umpire is just watching.”
Generally the batsman runs on the white strip, the pitch might get damaged if run on the protected area, which helps the bowler. If a team found guilty of committing the offense two times, the side can get slapped with a five-run penalty.
