5 instances when Team India paid the price for BCCI's reluctance to use DRS

#1 – Rahane‘s jinx continues in the 1st Test against Australia at Adelaide, 2014

Kohli came agonizingly close to victory in his first Test as captain

Very few teams come to Australia and push for victory from the very first match itself. However, India decided to put themselves in the unlikely position after Australia made a daring declaration in the fifth day.

The Adelaide surface was having enough blemishes for off-spinner Nathan Lyon to come to the party. Not only the players, even the umpires were now up against a different challenge. Without DRS to bail out umpires, the situation was poised for disaster – The only question being which one of the teams would be on the receiving end.

Showing their intent to go for the win, Murali Vijay and first-time skipper Kohli batted with supreme skill to place the visitors on the precipice. After the opener succumbed to the nervous nineties phase, Rahane had to suffer yet another umpiring blunder when he was dismissed caught off Lyon though there was a huge gap between bat and pad.

From 242/2, India were bowled out for 315, just 48 runs short of the target. Kohli‘s twin tons ended in vain as the Aussies swung with the momentum to end up 2-0 victors in the 4-match series.