Watch: Virat Kohli mocks the Aussies for an unsuccessful review

A lot of has been said about the Decision Review System (DRS) and its use during this exceptionally competitive ongoing series between India and Australia. The cricket played is absolutely first class and the series is wonderfully poised at 1-1. Both the captains know the importance of the Day 3 of this Test.

The second Test saw India take the last and the most important session of Day 2 which eventually proved to be the pivotal moment in the match. Today, India started Day 3 one wicket down with two of their most consistent batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay at the crease.

India started out slow as both the batters took their time to settle in and play out the first hour of the day. However, there was some action during this hour and it was worth watching. Everyone knows Steven Smith’s brain fade and the DRS controversy. It is obvious that people will make fun of it when they fail with the review system.

This time it was Australia’s turn to go wrong with the reviews. They used up both of their reviews and both were equally shocking. The first one was used for Murali Vijay on day one while the second one was used against Cheteshwar Pujara which saw the Indian captain Virat Kohli get all pumped up.

It was a tossed up delivery from Steven O’Keefe which Pujara played it on to his pad. But there were two noises and there seemed to have been a huge inside edge. Smith did not think about it much as he reviewed it instantly. The umpire checked it and was convinced that there was an inside edge.

The review was discarded and Australia were left with no reviews. Kohli saw it from the dressing room and was so pumped up that he came out on the balcony and applauded. This got the crowd going as well. This shows the Indian skipper does not want to leave a single opportunity to get in the heads of the Aussies and the incident with Smith is not yet forgotten completely.

Here is the video of Virat Kohli applauding from the dressing room:

Virat Kohli mocks Australia’s unsuccessful review.

(Video – Star Sports) pic.twitter.com/rtATMbtbnG

— Sai Kishore (@DivingSlip) March 18, 2017