Indian Test team under the leadership of Virat Kohli lost the three-match Test series against South Acfrica. The Kohli-led side did start the Test series in a convincing fashion after they managed to win the first Test match at Centurion by 113 runs. But two back-to-back defeats against the hosts meant that team India once again had to end up as the losing team in the Test series.
But apart from the Test defeat, one more topic has been debated hotly and has been the focal point of multiple discussions and that is the DRS controversy.
The actual incident
On the third day of the final Test a Decision Review System call helped Proteas skipper Dean Elgar to carry on batting as he was originally given out by the on-field umpire Marais Erasmus. The change in decision understandably had disappointed Virat Kohli and his men and as a result of it Kohli, KL Rahul and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin were heard expressing their utter anger.
The South Africa skipper, while talking about the incident said that “it played nicely into” their hands and he was “extremely happy it happened that way.”
"It played nicely into our hands that for a period of time, they forgot about the game and they were channeling a bit more of the emotional side of what Test cricket has to offer. I am extremely happy it happened that way," Elgar was quoted by a news portal.
"It was maybe a team under a bit of pressure and things weren't going their way, which they are quite used to of late [getting things to go their way,” the Proteas skipper added.
Petersen's superb batting show
Skipper Elgar ultimately scored 30 runs in the second innings. South Africa batsman Keegan Petersen played a terrific knock of 82 in the second innings (72 in the first innings) and his stunning form with the bat earned him the Man of the Match award as well. The Indian team eventually lost the final Test match by seven wickets.
The 34-year-old Elgar feels that “a bit of Test match cricket pressure” gave them a little window to score the winning runs.
"It was a bit of Test match cricket pressure which gave us a little bit of a window period to score freer and chip away at the target,” Elgar said.
