‘An excellent review..’ – Former England pacer praises Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin for taking crucial review of star batter in 4th Test against England

The DRS (Decision Review System) controversy is not a new thing in international cricket. We have witnessed a controversial decision in the ongoing Test match between India and England in Ranchi. Joe Root played brilliantly in the first innings. He scored an unbeaten 122 but controversy started when he was given out by the third umpire after India used the DRS.

That incident happened in the 17th over in the second innings of England. Root was batting on 11 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin was bowling, and the ball hit on his pad. On-field umpire Kumar Dharmasena shook his head and did not raise his finger. Ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin convinced captain Rohit Sharma to take the review, and Hawkeye technology showed the ball pitched on the leg stump and hit the stump. On-field umpire overturned his not-out decision to out. Former England skipper Michael Vaughan looked furious after this DRS decision.

England lost their last 6 wickets in 35 runs

Meanwhile, amidst all the controversy former fast bowler of England Steven Finn praised skipper Rohit Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin for taking this review. “An excellent review. From the naked eye to me, it looked like it pitched outside leg stump, but clearly, the drift Ashwin gets means that Root had to depart,” he said on TNT Sports.

“You can see the passion from Ashwin’s celebration, which shows just what that wicket means to India. Crawley is playing well, but Root was the glue that the England middle order could have played around,” he added.

England scored 353 in the first innings after Root’s phenomenal 122. At one time India was 177 for 7 in the first innings. India’s new wicketkeeper batter Dhruv Jurel scored a brilliant 90 and India finished their first innings on 307. England’s new off-spin sensation Shoaib Bashir took a five-fer. After taking the lead of 46 runs in the first innings the Three Lions could not capitalise the lead into a big score.

They looked clueless in front of India’s spin bowling. Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently took 500 wickets in Test cricket, took five-fer in the second innings. While Kuldeep Yadav took four. England’s second innings ended on 145. India looked comfortable at 40 for no loss at the end of Day 3.