In the space of four overs during the first Australian innings of the Indore Test, India wasted two DRS calls. Ravindra Jadeja was the bowler on both the occasions and persuaded his captain Rohit Sharma to review the decisions. On both the occasions, the ball stayed a bit low, spun quickly and flirted around the mark of leg stump. 50-50 call for review on any surface but not the hard one on the Indore strip, which took a bad turn.
Jadeja and India made mistakes both times and the hosts lost two crucial reviews by the tenth over of the Australian innings. It was a slow phase as far as the review is concerned and India took the next innings in the 45th over itself. No prizes for guessing the bowler, no prizes for guessing that the ball again stayed low and was sliding down the leg-side.
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It was a combination of Jadeja’s desperation, excitement and eagerness that contributed to the DRS defeat in Indore. India had not scored runs with the bat and wanted to do things with the ball. In the process, he eliminated his critical reviews early in the competition and hesitated to even mention close calls later. Case in point: Marnus Labuschagne was hollered for LBW in the 11th over but with only one review left by the umpire, Rohit didn’t mention and replays suggested it would clip the stumps.
DRS has become difficult
To be fair to all, it hasn’t been an easy series to play the DRS card right. The degree of bend varies from Nagpur to Delhi to Indore and there is varying bounce with no rise above the ankle. For India, it is not just the behavior of the pitch but Jadeja’s theatrics and wicketkeeper KS Bharath’s inexperience that have contributed to the poor DRS outing.
“Especially Jaddu yaar. Every ball he feels it is out. I understand, they’re quite animated, it’s just the passion of the game, but that’s where my role comes in, to say BrotherTake a rest, it’s fine if it’s at least ending up somewhere near the stumps, but it’s not hitting the stumps either, and some balls were pitching outside as well [leg stump]So it was a silly mistake that we made but we hope to fix that in this game and we’ll have a little chat about that too, and hopefully we can fix that in this game, Rohit said on “animated” Jadeja.
Of the four reviews he took in the first innings of the Indore Test, only one was successful. The only DRS he took in the second innings was unsuccessful. The Rohit-led unit has taken a total of 12 reviews in the series and has managed only 4 of them. 58% of their reviews have been unsuccessful.
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“DRS is a tricky one, honestly. It’s like a lottery. You get it right, you get it right, otherwise… you just have to hope for the best, you just have to understand certain aspects of DRS – pitching in line, impact in line, those kinds of things, because in India a lot There isn’t much bounce, so every ball that hits the pad, bounce is going to be a factor, but it’s important to understand the impact and the pitch. Especially in the last game, it was turning a lot, so we had to look at three aspects – pitch in the line, impact in the line and then how much the ball is turning. When we played in Delhi, it was not turning that much, so it was just the effect and probably the line where it pitched, whether it was outside leg or in line. That’s why you assess in this way and we also try and do the same.
‘India is new to DRS’
A wicket-keeper has the best seat in the house to take DRS calls but Bharat’s inexperience hasn’t helped India’s cause much. Rohit, however, put his weight behind the stumper and said he will get better with time as “DRS is something very new” for the right-handed batsman.
“Yes, we accept that we didn’t make the right calls in the last game, but India are obviously new to DRS. He hasn’t kept wickets for India, so DRS is quite new. There is no DRS in Ranji Trophy. , and India A and all of them don’t have DRS, so it’s something new for them as well. So we have to give him some time and explain to him what it is and all that,” Rohit said.
Not just India, Australia have taken some bad DRS calls in the series so far and their fail percentage is 50%. Of the 16 reviews he has taken in the series, eight have failed and he has had success with only six. Two of them stood by the umpire’s call.
two huge replay screens on very huge Narendra Modi DRS replays will be shown at the stadium from March 9, but most of the stands and those watching from home will be watching Jadeja during the appeal. Rohit, who learned the lessons of DRS in Indore, will certainly not come under the spell of the bowlers.
Data input from Bansal Shah
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