Suryakumar Yadav, who came into the Indian side following an injury to Ishan Kishan, was playing a spectacular inning when caught out by Dawid Malan at fine leg. Replays showed that the ball touched the ground; however, the third umpire Virender Sharma due to lack of enough evidence upheld the on-field umpire's soft signal of out.

Allrounder Washington Sundar was ruled out in a similar fashion when Adil Rashid caught him at third man amid the doubts that he touched the boundary rope.

These incidents of 'Soft Signal' led to outrage among the Indian cricket fans soon, microblogging site Twitter was flooded with memes and trolls. Cricket experts too jumped into the pool with there share of criticism.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the third umpire's decision against Suryakumar Yadav:

 

How can this be out. When you are not sure whether the ball was taken cleanly after watching so many replays using top class technology and still go by the soft signal given by the on-field umpire. I think this rule needs to be revisited and changed. #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/b5XMdH8qEz

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) March 18, 2021

Third umpire while making that decision. #INDvENGt20 #suryakumar pic.twitter.com/JJp2NldcI8

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 18, 2021

Its the soft signal which is odd. Hard for off field umpire to overturn. Lets go upstairs cause I dont have a clue but Im guessing (soft signal) its out.
Malans Twitter feed will be ugly- but he wouldnt have known the ball hit the ground diving forward at pace https://t.co/hCwlFQKpIf

— Stuart Broad (@StuartBroad8) March 18, 2021

Indian Fans Reaction After Watching That Decision By Third Umpire #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/65Luq5t36y

— ???????????????????????? (@SarcasticGandu) March 18, 2021

Third Umpire #INDVENG pic.twitter.com/Q6rRQY8upc

— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) March 18, 2021

#INDvENG#thirdumpire Virender Sharma to #softsignal today: pic.twitter.com/p7nsUVYBXG

— Raju (@ITUSAlumni) March 18, 2021