Twitter goes ballistic as MS Dhoni lets Virat Kohli take a wrong review

Former Indian captain MS Dhoni is renowned for appealing whenever necessary and his decisions to take review have normally been on point. On the contrary, India’s newly appointed all format captain Virat Kohli is known for taking a review with heart and not pieces of evidence.

This has been the stark difference between the captaincy of the two giants for Indian cricket. The most famous incidence which directs at the significant contrast between the captaincy of the two stalwarts was in the series against England in January.

The dismissal of Eoin Morgan in the First ODI was overruled by the umpire. However, MSD ordered the umpire to review and finally, it was overturned. A similar incident occurred during the 2nd ODI when Yuvraj Singh was adjudged out and MS Dhoni, who was batting at the other end, ordered the umpire yet again to go for a review.

You can watch the video here:

In the last clip, it can be seen that Virat made a fool out of himself by going in for a review when clearly MSD was unsure of the dismissal. Kohli only had a sheepish smile when the on-field decision stayed with the umpire.

Seems like VK does not learn from his mistakes when it comes to decision review. In the recently concluded final match of the series between India and Australia at VCA Stadium, Nagpur, Kohli opted to go for a review in the 37th over of the Aussie innings and failed yet again

Kuldeep Yadav was bowling to Travis Head. The Aussie batsman reached out to play the flighted delivery outside off, with Dhoni taking a low catch. Dhoni then turned toward Kohli, who was fielding at first slip, and the skipper soon went for the reviews. As it turned out, the replays showed a big gap between bat and ball. Its a rare incident considering Dhoni’s brilliance.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

DRS lo longer effective unless Dhoni takes benefit out of it #INDvsAUS

— Abhishek Mishra (@prudentabhi8191) October 1, 2017

rarely you see Dhoni failing in a DRS review, it was one of them. #INDvAUS

— Gagan Thakur (@gagan_gt) October 1, 2017

If DRS Successful
➡️ Dhoni Review System

If DRS Unsuccessful
➡️ Kohli ne liya

??????????? https://t.co/y0ZkzTvxBF

— ＲＰ ? ?? (@TheRpRajput) October 1, 2017

Dhoni seemed quite confident for an incorrect DRS !#INDvAUS

— Hariharan Durairaj (@hari_durairaj) October 1, 2017

@imVkohli if @msdhoni is not asking for review then pls don't go against him bcz DRS stands for Dhoni Review System.

— Shivam Kumar (@Shivam_SH) October 2, 2017

You vs the guy she tells you not to worry about.#DRS #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/xmHLhaWq4K

— Adolf Hitler (@AdolfHiitler_) October 1, 2017

Well yes officially Kohli did ! But no DRS he request without Dhoni’s input !

— Rizwan Hirani (@RizwanHirani) October 1, 2017

Yeah when DRS successful, Dhoni Told to take it and when failed it was Kohli Stop blaming Dhoni https://t.co/8gq8HUeM0Y

— Yashaswi Sharma (@YashaswiSharma5) October 1, 2017

Virat asked for DRS…Not Dhoni..
Watch again

— Divs (@divdivdiv) October 1, 2017

DRS != Dhoni Review System …. in Today’s Match … Dhoni is also a human … Hence proved .. #INDvAUS

— tillu (@iamtilllu) October 1, 2017

Ist time I saw #DRS failure…. #dhoni_review_system #indvsaus.

— Ashfaq Ahmed (@Imcoolguyrd) October 1, 2017

Dhoni is having rare bad day behind the wickets. 2 catches and one drs. #INDvAUS

— Pratik Raut (@RautPratik) October 1, 2017

Dhoni to infield umpire whenever he has to take DRS to prove his point pic.twitter.com/LQC7cyLmny

— MazelTov (@runjhunmehrotra) September 21, 2017

If DRS Successful
➡️ Dhoni Review System

If DRS Unsuccessful
➡️ Kohli ne liya

??????????? https://t.co/y0ZkzTvxBF

— ＲＰ ? ?? (@TheRpRajput) October 1, 2017

rarely you see Dhoni failing in a DRS review, it was one of them. #INDvAUS

— Gagan Thakur (@gagan_gt) October 1, 2017

#VIRUPANTI @StarSportsIndia DHONI REVIEW SYSTEM(DRS) AJ FAIL HO GAYA..
SO SAD

— Arindam Roy (@aroy30946) October 1, 2017

Today ultraedge is not even favouring the god of drs #dhoni..#INDvAUS#INDvsAUS

— ToLMoLkeBoL (@ToL_MoL_ke_BoL) October 1, 2017

It was kohli who took DRS so stop blaming Dhoni ?

— Akash ?? (@ViratBomB) October 1, 2017

Dhoni seemed quite confident for an incorrect DRS !#INDvAUS

— Hariharan Durairaj (@hari_durairaj) October 1, 2017