Sachin wasn't out, admits umpire

TRENT BRIDGE, July 30: As the battle between India and England is getting louder and sharper, umpire Simon Taufel is slowly becoming its first victim.
The 36-year-old Australian, who had blundered twice on Sunday, conceded that he had wrongly given Sachin Tendulkar out.
"I always look at the big screen after giving a decision. The minute I saw replays of Sachin's dismissal I knew I had got it wrong," he said.
Taufel insisted he couldn't be faulted in Sourav Ganguly's case. "I would have given him out every time," he said.
"As the ball crossed his bat there was a sound. Even non-striker Laxman heard it." Yes, but the bat was at least two inches away from the ball.
Taufel told Sky Sports that he was very upset with himself for giving Tendulkar out. He, however, didn't make any effort to speak to the third umpire or call Tendulkar back, as he had done in Kevin Pietersen's case in the first Test.
Taufel had lifted his finger when MS Dhoni claimed a thick edge off Pietersen. He, however, succumbed to the pressure when TV replays showed that the ball had hit the turf before Dhoni caught it.
Seeing Pietersen coming back, on instructions from the English dressing room, Taufel consulted colleague Steve Bucknor and overruled his own decision.
Tendulkar was too stunned to react. He didn't come to the press conference even though he was the day's best performer.
"The big disappointment is that people come to watch top players and I gave him (Sachin) out wrongly," Taufel told the host channel, revealed commentators David Gower and David Lloyd.