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Trent Bridge: In a split second, the Indian team made the journey from villain to hero. On the cusp of the tea break, it was booed out of the Trent Bridge ground on Sunday as it successfully ran out a clumsy Ian Bell; it was jeered even more vociferously when it came back for the final session of the third day's play.
Photographers lined up outside the dressing room as its players began trooping out; the chorus of 'cheats, cheats' had already reached a crescendo. But within seconds, first, a stunned silence followed and, then, a warm round of applause flowed through the stands. Bell was walking back with Eoin Morgan to resume his innings at 137. India had withdrawn the appeal, allowing the middle order batsman to have another go at the bowling even though he was fairly and squarely runout.
At the end of Day 3 England were firmly in control of the Test. But the match has been riddled with controversy: on the second day, Michael Vaughan raised the bogey of Vaseline when the Hot Spot failed to detect an edge off VVS Laxman's bat. He tweeted: "Did Vaseline on the outside edge save the day for Laxman."
On the last ball for tea on Sunday, Morgan clipped Ishant Sharma to fine leg and began the scramble for runs; Praveen Kumar dashed after the ball, dived and pulled it back just near the line. Or did he? Most lost sight of the ball as Praveen tumbled over the boundary, leaving a vast room for doubt.
The batsmen, in the meantime, had finished three runs; Bell, however, lunged forward even as Morgan raised his arm, asking him to wait and watch. But Bell was already half way down. He kept going on, pretending that he was heading towards the dressing room for tea.
Praveen slowly and casually relayed the ball back to the middle, not realizing that he had prevented a four, and the bails were knocked out. India appealed and the umpires had no choice but to call for a review and declare Bell out. During the break, however, England captain Strauss and coach Flower approached their counterparts, asking them to reconsider.
Dhoni spoke to his team and they agreed to withdraw the appeal 'in the spirit of the game'. Sadly, the crowds were not informed about the developments; they heckled the players as they came back. When England's players came to the balcony and clapped, it looked like they were just being sarcastic.
Expectedly, India was up in arms because one of their most upright players was being accused of cheating. Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly and Sanjay Manjrekar hit back sharply, even suggesting that Laxman and the Indian team sue him.
Clearly, there is something about the air in Nottingham; in 2007 too, the India-England contest was overtaken by the jelly bean controversy and, of course, Sreesanth's antics.
