Steve Smith insisted that Virat Kohli's catch was legitimate, allowing the Indian batsman to avoid getting out for a duck in Sydney.

AUS Vs IND, 5th Test: Steve Smith and Virat Kohli combine for a viral moment during the India Vs Australia 5th Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as the Australian 'nearly' managed to procued a golden duck dismissal of the Indian batter with a sensational take in slip region.

Not for the first time Virat Kohli has polarised opinion by surviving perhaps the greatest catch that never was in Test cricket at the hands of Steve Smith. Cricket writers Ben Horne and Crash Craddock go head-to-head in prosecuting the arguments for and against in the moment that has lit up the fifth Test.

Australia's Steve Smith claims a catch that would have dismissed Virat Kohli first ball, but the officials rule in favour of the Indian batter on day one of the fifth Test.

I got my hands underneath the ball' - Steve Smith disagrees with third umpire's Not Out call to Virat Kohli's catch. (Photo Source: Disney+Hotstar and Fox Cricket) The first day of the fifth Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground became a talking point after a controversial incident involving Virat Kohli and .

A DRS controversy stirred up during the fifth Test between India and Australia when a relay catch involving Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne off Virat Kohli's bat was ruled not out by the third umpire.