India vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 3: 5 talking points

#3 Australia’s smartness with DRS

Australia’s experience with the review was evident

The Australian team are no strangers to the Decision Review System. The Kangaroos have been using it since its inception late in 2009 and the experience they have with its usage was evident throughout the first Test against India. On the first day of the Test match, after the 80^th over, they still had 1 review remaining, unlike India who used up all the available reviews within 40 overs.

On the second day, they used only one review and it turned out to be a successful one. For the third successive day too, the were good with it. Although captain Smith wasted a review, he compensated for the same by cleverly reviewing a decision in the second session of Day 3.

Ravichandran Ashwin took a forward stride only for the ball to hit the pad first but the umpire had doubts over the ball hitting the inside edge. But in reality, the ball was clearly going on to hit the stumps and in turn, it turned out to be Steve O'Keefe's fifth wicket of the second innings.

Time and again in the match, Australia proved to be wiser to India – who had only one successful review out of 7 in the match.