5 things India must do to make a comeback in the series

#2 Make better use of the DRS

The Indians have had an abysmal record with DRS

The BCCI acceded to the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in bilateral series’ only recently. In the 7 Tests featuring the Indian team thereafter, India have opted for a review on 55 occasions. With a success percentage of 30.90%, 17 of these reviews have been successful. However, a closer look at these numbers reveals an anomaly. The aforementioned 55 reviews consist of 13 batting reviews, of which 7 are correct.

When it comes to fielding reviews, the Indian team have had a hard time with the DRS. Only 10 of their 42 fielding reviews have been successful. In fact, in the Pune Test, all four of India’s fielding reviews were unsuccessful. Two of these came off consecutive overs in Australia’s second innings. By the time Steve Smith was wrongly adjudged not out in the 56^th over of the innings, India had run out of reviews.

The batsmen too were guilty of misusing the DRS as both of India’s reviews had been wasted by their opening batsmen before the 6^th over of the second innings. Based on the evidence of their DRS usage, India surely need to start using the technology a lot more judiciously.