offfield drama marred the champions trophy hockey title showdown as the tournament jury spent an hour and a half to find a solution after india protested against a shootout infringement against australiathe tournament jury seemed to be in a fix when india filed an appeal against the video umpires decision to retake the second attempt in the shootout india had lost the shootout 31 after holding world champions australia goalless in 60 minutes of regulation periodit took the jury multiple replays to find a way out of the embarrassing situation that kept the result pendingindia had complained that daniel beales shootout attempt was allowed to go on for more than 14 seconds and the obstruction that was cited took place outside the eightsecond limit for such attempts the score then was 10after an hour and a half of the matchs conclusion the jury eventually discovered that the ball had rolled under indian goalkeepers pad for a couple of seconds the jury then cited this as the reason why the shootout was retaken but it still took the jury a lot of explanation to the indian captain and coach before announcing that the result would stayaustralia thus won the title but both teams had to be ushered out of the ground to send a signal for the crowd to go homethe medal presentation was then staged in the media interview room away from the spotlight in the middle of the pitchthe umpires have failed said hockey india president narender batra is this the quality of umpires you post in the final of the champions trophy the shootout attempt went on for over 14 seconds and then it was retaken just to cover up their shortcomings they are now pointing out at a different incident if the goalkeeper had made an infringement that a penalty stroke should have been awardedindian coach roelant oltmans said it was an unusual end to the tournament to be honest the set process should be followed he said our protest was not about the result but important tournaments should follow the process if something like this happens at the olympics games in rio de janeiro just imagine the embarrassment for the game