India created history of sorts on Tuesday by registering its first ODI series triumph in South Africa.
Virat Kohli's team have been dominant in the six-match series so far, taking an unassailable 4-1 lead with their win in Port Elizabeth.
While the success in this series has been due to a collective team effort, Tuesday's win seemed to have a healthy contribution from a person outside the playing XI. And that man was third umpire Aleem Dar.
The veteran Pakistani umpire's judgement came under the spotlight on two massive instances during the fifth ODI.
First, Dar gave Indian captain Kohli not-out on a stumping call just when India seemed to be running away with the contest in the first innings of the match. Although the talismanic right-hander didn't go on to add much to his score after getting the reprieve, many were upset at Dar's call. Viewers argued that Kohli was given not out despite the fact that no part of his foot was behind the line when he was stumped.
While Dar's call on the Kohli stumping wasn't really detrimental, as the Indian skipper didn't go on to do much damage, it was the 49-year-old third umpire's second big call that really turned the fifth ODI in the visitors' favour.
Chasing a moderate total of 275, South Africa were in control of proceedings with seasoned opener Hashim Amla batting with grit. They needed 111 runs with six wickets in hand before the start of the 35th over. A relatively comfortable proposition in today's power game.
However, that's when the tables turned drastically in India's favour. Amla was run-out trying to steal a quick single by an alert Hardik Pandya at mid-off. But was the veteran, anchoring the innings with a well-made 71 at the time, really out? Critics once again felt that the benefit of the doubt had been given to India, as Amla's bat had gone past the crease before the bail was uprooted.
Watch the incident here
While both decisions, Kohli's and Amla's, seem to be touch and go, Twitter was sure Dar had got it wrong on both instances.
Here are some tweets
Did Dar get it right on those two critical decisions? Would the result of the match have been different had South Africa gotten the benefit of the doubt on either or both calls? Your guess is as good as ours!
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