5 times a no-ball cost India the match recently

"No balls are something which hurt you as a team and it's something we hope to rectify and not repeat them in the next games," Virat Kohli said after India lost to South Africa in the fourth ODI at the Wanderers in Johannesburg last night (February 10).

Though the skipper is insisting his bowlers to rectify their mistakes and not repeat them in the upcoming games, the Indian bowlers are repeatedly committing the same mistake that has been haunting them for a while.

Over the last couple of years, the Men in Blue found themselves on the receiving end of their bowlers taking wickets off no-balls and the batsmen who got reprieves went on to score big against them on a few occasions.

Let us take a look at five instances when a no-ball cost the Indian team the match in the last two years.

#1 R Ashwin vs West Indies, 2016 World T20

After posting a mammoth 192/2 on the board in the semi-final of the 2016 World T20 against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah removed the dangerous Chris Gayle early and veteran Aashish Nehra took care of Marlon Samuels soon after.

Lendl Simmons, who joined the Windies squad just before the semi-final as a replacement for an injured Andre Fletcher, walked to the crease. Ashwin came into the attack in the seventh over of the game and conceded a boundary off the second ball. He did well to come back in that over as he had Simmons caught by Bumrah at short third man for just 18.

The umpire asked the batsman to wait as he went upstairs to check the delivery. Fortunately for Simmons, Ashwin gave him a second chance as he overstepped while delivering the ball. Thanks to the reprieve, Simmons remained unbeaten on 82 as the Caribbean men went on to win the match by seven wickets.

#2 Hardik Pandya vs West Indies, 2016 World T20

After R Ashwin dismissed Lendl Simmons for 18 off a no-ball in the semi-final of the 2016 World T20, one would have expected the Indian bowlers to rectify their mistake. Unfortunately, that didn't happen as Simmons was given a third life after the bowler overstepped.

This time, the culprit was Hardik Pandya as the all-rounder landed his foot way outside the bowling crease and Simmons, who was batting on 50, slapped a juicy full-toss straight to Ashwin at cover.

Once again, the Trinidadian survived as he went on to score an unbeaten 82 and took his team to the final.

#3 Jasprit Bumrah vs Pakistan, 2017 ICC Champions Trophy final

Pakistan surprised everyone when they reached the final of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy where they faced their arch-rivals India at the Oval. Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to field first.

Kohli's gamble to chase a total in the final almost paid-off as Jasprit Bumrah had Fakhar Zaman caught behind for just three in the fourth over of the game. But, the joy was short lived as Bumrah clearly overstepped and gave Zaman a reprieve.

He went on to score a match-winning ton and helped his team post 338/4 in the first innings. India managed to score just 158 as they lost the match by 180 runs.

#4 Jasprit Bumrah vs Sri Lanka, 2017

Rohit Sharma's captaincy career got off to a nightmarish start as India were bundled out for just 112 in his first outing as captain.

Chasing 113 to win in the first ODI of the three-match series at Dharamsala, Sri Lanka lost Danushka Gunathilaka and Lahiru Thirimanne cheaply. Lanka's most dependable batsman last year, Upul Tharanga was caught by Dinesh Karthik at gully when he was batting on 11 before being held up by the umpires to check the no-ball.

Jasprit Bumrah overstepped and gave Tharanga a life and the left-hander went on to top score with 49 runs to help Sri Lanka beat the hosts by seven wickets with 29 overs to spare.

After the match, Sri Lankan coach Nic Pothas admitted that the no-ball was one of the turning points in the low scoring encounter.

#5 Yuzvendra Chahal vs South Africa, 2018

After beating South Africa in the first three ODIs, Virat Kohli and his men were on the cusp of creating history as a win in one of the matches would have given them their first ODI series win in the rainbow nation.

After setting the Proteas a target of 290, India removed skipper Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla and JP Duminy in quick succession. After threatening to take the game away from India, the dangerous De Villiers threw his wicket away and put India in the driver's seat.

David Miller was batting with Heinrich Klaasen when the left-hander had two lucky escapes in the same over bowled by Yuzvendra Chahal. First, he was dropped by Shreyas Iyer at deep mid-wicket when he was batting on just six.

Four balls later, the leg-spinner bowled a beautiful delivery to castle Miller when he was batting on seven but it turned out to be a no-ball and the left-hander duly capitalised by compiling the game-changing partnership with Klaasen.

Miller went on to score a 28-ball 39 and put on a 72-run partnership for the fourth wicket and took the game away from India.