India, Aug. 18 -- Shubman Gill's India took giant strides towards winning the Galle Test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The visitors made constant inroads into the hosts' batting lineup, and India just need six more wickets on the fifth and final day to go 1-0 up in the two-match series. However, the fourth day witnessed a big flashpoint as a controversial call by the third umpire raised a lot of eyebrows, and Dhruv Jurel was right in the centre of the call as it was his catch that polarised opinion both on social media and in the commentary box.

The incident happened on the fourth delivery of the 22nd over, bowled by Manav Suthar. The ball was caught by Jurel, but the batter wasn't confident that it was pouched safely by the fielder. The...