India vs England 2016: 4th Test, day 4 - 5 Talking Points

#4 India’s DRS woes continue

Kohli needs to learn to make more judicious use of DRS in the future

All the talk about the BCCI finally agreeing to use the DRS for the England series has proved to be of little use for Team India with skipper Virat Kohli still clueless about how to put the helpful resource to good effect. More often that not, the referrals have been wasted and such was the case on Day 4 of the Mumbai Test as well.

During the 13^th over of England’s second innings bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin, Joe Root was subject to what the hosts thought was a bat-pad caught decision with wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel diving forward to catch the ball. Referring the decision upstairs, however, proved to be a futile one with replays clearly indicating that the bat was some distance away when the ball hit the pad before lobbing up.

Root was once again the subject second time around as well as Virat Kohli reluctantly agreed to his teammates’ request to go upstairs when a Jayant Yadav delivery struck the Englishman on the pads. Replays, however, clearly showed that the ball would go over the stumps and so India had lost both their reviews less than 40 overs into the second innings.

India should take a cue from England on how to use the DRS as Root simply walked off when he was given lbw against Yadav on 77 thus allowing Jonny Bairstow to use the review in hand when he was given out caught behind off Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling off a no-ball.