5 worst outcomes from Umpire Decision Review System (DRS)

4. Dhammika denied: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 2015, Dunedin

Bizzare: No DRS available from one end and Guptill survives

Bizarre is the apt word to describe the turn of events in the Dunedin ODI in 2015 when the Islanders were at the wrong end of a gigantic DRS goof up. An in-form Martin Guptill was trapped right in front by Dhammika Prasad in just the fourth over of the innings. Derek Walker, the umpire, however, thought otherwise and adjudged Guptill not out.

Prasad rightly wanted to take the DRS but he wasn’t privy to the bewildering fact that there was no DRS available from the end he was bowling from. This was because one of the cameras from that end was not functioning. Lankans couldn’t believe their fate and the players made their displeasure quite clear.