Mohali: India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday criticised the Decision Review System, saying “it is not consistent at all and becoming a talking point in every game”.
Ashton Turner, who fired Australia to a series-levelling win with an unbeaten 84 off 43 balls, was adjudged not out early in his innings despite the snicko-meter showing a spike following a DRS call from India. “The DRS call was a surprise, it’s just not consistent at all, it’s becoming a talking point in every game,” said Kohli after the four-wicket loss.
India lost the game despite amassing 358 for nine. The series decider will be played in Delhi on Wednesday. In M S Dhoni’s absence, Rishabh Pant missed a stumping and overall India were poor in the field. “We were sloppy in the field and should’ve grabbed our chances,” said the India skipper. The dew also played a big role in the Australia’s innings.
“The wicket remained good throughout, we’ve fallen on the wrong side of the dew in two games, but that’s not an excuse. Ashton played a hell of a knock, Peter Handscomb played a brilliant innings, Usman Khawaja held the innings together. “They played better cricket, we got to accept and it’s a record chase, they deserved to win. If we had won the toss, we would’ve batted first (in Ranchi). We had to get the fifth bowler out of the way tonight.
If Kedar Jadhav and Vijay Shankar was bowling with the dew, it would’ve been more difficult, so we wanted to get done with it first,” said Kohli. India opted to bat and made four changes in the game. Australia captain Aaron Finch lauded his batsmen after the famous win.
“I thought the partnership between Usman and Peter was crucial. To be able to get us deep was unbelievable. To get his maiden hundred was outstanding. When we chased 300 totals in Australia, we were trying to go with the same process. The wicket was good, it wasn’t a panic,” he said.
