Washington Sundar faced a nasty blow on his crotch and then had to walk off suffering a controversial dismissal, which the former English player Michael Vaughan called "awful." The third ball of the 66th over hit his crotch so badly that he sat down in pain. In the last ball of the same over, Washington tried to pull off Pat Cummins and missed. The on-field umpire had nothing but Cummins having a short chitchat with Alex Carey, the wicketkeeper, went for a review. Watch Sundar suffers blow from Cummins: Cringe in three ... two ... one ...😬 #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Za6t1yQOhQ — 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 3, 2025 The snickometer indeed showed some spike, but then the ball was nowhere near the bat. Believing it to have touched the gloves, the third umpire gave him out. The third umpire did ask for multiple angles but sounded confused. Despite that, he came to a conclusion. In cases where the third umpire stays confused, they are either asked to stay with the on-field decision or give the batter the upper hand considering the "benefit of doubt." Cheater! Cheater! Cheater!Washington Sundar Was Not Out But 3rd Umpire Given Him Out,Old Australian Games Still On 👎..#INDvsAUSTest pic.twitter.com/MDGbviDjBQ — Harsh 17 (@harsh03443) January 3, 2025 However, from the angles shown, the ball was not touching the gloves when the spike occurred. Washington even walked out frustrated. Also, the commentators considered the decision an "odd" one, calling the snickometer "not a convincing one." Following Washi's dismissal, Vaughan tweeted, "No way is that OUT … that’s an awful decision …" No way is that OUT … that’s an awful decision … — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 3, 2025 Read also: Jadeja Survives Run-Out, Falls Later as India Struggles 144/7 Snickometer confusion throughout, and third umpire dilemma At Perth, KL Rahul fell victim to such calls when the snicko detected a spike while KL lowered his bat, and that hit his pads. The bat had no contacts with the ball, yet based on the snicko spikes, the third umpire declared him out, staying confused himself. The second instance happened when India appealed for a LBW against Mitchell Marsh at Adelaide. The ball touching the pad first got delfected to the bat. But this time, the umpire gave the benefit of doubt to the batter, Marsh. Later, it was checked that the impact would have received an "umpire's call" had the third umpire checked the ball's trajectory. The snicko spikes got dormant at Melboune during Yashasvi Jaiswal's dismissal, when the ball, even though was clearly deflecting from his bat. Then the third umpire went with the visual evidence. However the tables turned, when the visual evidence suggested otherwise in the case of Washi here in Sydney, the third umpire went with the snicko spikes!