WATCH | Yet another DRS-gate in India as Dilruwan Perera takes review after signal from dugout
After rain played a spoilsport on the opening two days of India-Sri Lanka Test, the match has been marred by controversies since then. After Dinesh Chandimal was saved by the skin of his teeth for fake fielding, Dilruwan Perera has now been found guilty of taking dressing room help for a DRS review.
The introduction of the new rules by the ICCÂ has helped the game become fairer but has many loopholes. With the field officials also getting a touch of it at their own pace, it sometimes becomes difficult for them to pick up those sly windows of opportunities that teams are using to their advantage now.
The incident in question took place in the 57 over of Day 4 in the Eden Gardens Test between India and Sri Lanka. The visitors, batting second, had dealt with the bouncy and moving track far better than India had and were in a decent position of 208-7 with two new batsmen Diruwan Perera and Rangana Herath were at the crease.
The last ball of the 56thÂ
Nigel Llong allowed the review despite the Sri Lankan taking his sweet time before "making up his mind". Hawk-eye showed that the impact between ball and pad had been marginally outside the off-stump and the decision was reversed. However, the repeated replays showed one or two hands going up from the Sri Lankan dressing room
After Chandimal’s fake fielding wasn’t detected by the officials yesterday, Virat Kohli is bound to be angry when he finds out that the Sri Lankans had managed to wrongfully signal the batsman for a review. However, unlike the Bangalore Test against Australia where Steven Smith was attempting a similar thing and Kohli saw it, the Indian team couldn’t detect Sri Lanka’s stealth here. Shami later claimed Perera’s wicket who could only manage 5 runs off 34 balls.