England captain Ben Stokes opted for DRS in the third session as he has plenty in the bag. Before the end of Day 1's play, England had lost all three DRS that could have come in handy. In doing so, he bagged an unwanted DRS record for a captain. England used up all three DRS in just 13.2 overs, the earliest in an innings.
The previous record belonged to the West Indies. In 2020 against England in Manchester, West Indies used up all three DRS in just 16.1 overs.
Stokes opted for a review for the first time in the innings in the third over. Mark Wood bowled a short ball down the leg side. Yashasvi Jaiswal went for a pull shot but a late appeal from Ben Foakes piqued Stokes' interest. He went for the review but there was a flat line on UltraEdge.
The second review was taken in the 12th over. Left-arm spinner Tom Hartley who had taken a beating from Yashasvi Jaiswal thought he has got the breakthrough in the form of Rohit Sharma. He felt that Rohit edged it to the wicketkeeper. After a conversation, Stokes opted for review but UltraEdge showed that there was clear daylight between bat and ball.
In Hartley's next over, they appealed again but this time for an lbw. The debutant spinner angled it into the stumps and hit Shubman Gill on the front pad. Everyone went up and once again Stokes did not protest and signalled for the DRS. The ball did hit the pad in front of the stump but it was going over the stumps, not even clipping it.
In the press meet after the day’s play, Ben Duckett felt that Gill should have been out and indicated that there was something wrong with the ball-tracking technology.
“Shubman there, we could have had him there. It looked like a dead lbw and somehow, it's bouncing over the stumps. It's one of those things. We'll stick to our mantra and that's taking wickets and looking to be positive. Hopefully, that will happen for us as well,” Duckett said.
On Day 2, England will be without DRS till 80 overs of India’s first innings.
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