Why does Sehwag compare it with the government bank of the Centurion ODI?
Centurion: When India needed only two runs to win the second ODI against South Africa, then the game was stopped so that the ICC had to face criticism for its peculiar rules regarding the conditions of the game. Following the field umpires Alim Dar and Adrian Holdstock, along with the match referee Andy Pycroft's TV commentators and cricket experts criticized.
India gave South Africa an early start to bat and were dismissed for 118 runs. After this, the Indian innings started soon after and when he scored 117 runs in 19 overs in 19 overs, then the umpires declared lunch under the ICC rules. The decision passed all over because the umpires had already allowed three overs to be done. When it was supposed to be lunch, India had scored 93 runs in one over in 15 overs. The verdict, the viewer and the commentator were surprised by the decision, but the umpires remained firm on the rules, due to the 40-minute lunch break, the Indian started again and made two runs in the six-match series 2-0.
None of this team was happy with this decision, and Indian captain Virat Kohli who batted at that time raised this issue in front of the umpires but it did not have any effect on the umpires.
Former India captain and twitter blaster Virender Sehwag criticized the decision of the umpires in his own style. Sehwag ridiculed umpire's decision on Twitter
He wrote in a fun way, 'The umpires are treating the Indian batsmen as they do with the public sector banks. Come after lunch '
Umpires treating Indian batsmen like PSU Bank treat customers. Lunch ke baad aana #INDvSA
The former West Indies veteran Michael Holding, commenting on this, described this decision as ridiculous. He commented, 'They (the ICC) want to make the game attractive but this is a ridiculous decision. When the match starts again after lunch, there will hardly be spectators on the field and neither in front of the TV.
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