5 worst outcomes from Umpire Decision Review System (DRS)

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2. Usman Khawaja: Ashes 2013, 3rd Test, Old Trafford

Khawaja was given out wrongly

This time, an Aussie was at the receiving end of a dubious decision. It was the 3rd test of the historic Ashes series, played at Old Trafford in 2013. Graeme Swann was the bowler in question and one his tweakers went past the bat of Usman Khawaja.Swann along with Matt Prior and other England players went up in unison.

Tony Hill raised the dreaded finger but Khawaja knew he hadn't nicked it. He asked for a review straight away and the hotspot, in fact, showed that the ball didn't take the edge. However, to Khawaja's dismay and England's delight Kumar Dharamsena, the third umpire, upheld the on-field decision, as there wasn't enough evidence to change the onfield decision, leaving Khawaja gutted.

This incident once again cast aspersions on the DRS with even the Aussie Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tweeted that it was one of the worst decisions he had ever seen.

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