Navjot Singh Sidhu Hawkeye fraud IND vs NZ: In the last group match of Champions Trophy 2025, India has tightened its grip on New Zealand and is moving towards victory. New Zealand's team seemed to be in a strong position at one time but the Kiwi batsmen were seen kneeling in front of the Indian spinners. Especially Varun Chakraborty became an unsolved puzzle for the New Zealand batsmen and gave many shocks one after the other. During this, Kiwi player Michael Bracewell also got caught in Varun's trap and was out LBW. He did not even take DRS but if he had taken it, he would have been saved, because when ball tracking was shown in Hawkeye, the ball was seen far outside the off stump. In such a situation, Bracewell could have been saved but he did not take DRS. At the same time, Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was doing commentary, raised questions on this technology and called it a fraud.

Questions raised on ball tracking of Michael Bracewell's dismissal

Actually, Varun Chakravarthy came to bowl the 38th over of New Zealand's innings and on the very first ball of it, he trapped Michael Bracewell. Bracewell could not understand Varun's leg spin ball and the ball hit the pad directly. After this, the Indian camp made a strong appeal and the umpire declared Bracewell out. The Kiwi batsman also went to the pavilion and did not use DRS. However, when the ball tracking of his dismissal was shown, the leg spin ball was shown missing the off stump, which surprised everyone. Meanwhile, Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was included in the Hindi commentary panel, raised questions on the technique itself and he called Hawkeye a fraud.

Let us tell you that looking at the way Varun Chakravarthy's ball was, it cannot be said that it would miss the off stump. In such a situation, questions arise on the technique itself that the ball tracking was shown wrong in it. Although, this is not the first time that technology has gone wrong but here India did not suffer any loss and achieved success.