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Denied by DRS – How’s that!

MS Dhoni bowling: Denied by DRS not once but twice

India hates the DRS and when it denies their captain of wickets, not once but twice, the hatred becomes even stronger. Although captain MS Dhoni got most of the reviews right during the Champions Trophy in England, the bowler MS Dhoni had a terrible time with the DRS.

The Indian skipper handed his gloves to the reserve keeper Dinesh Karthik and bowled four overs against Sri Lanka in the semi finals of the in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. The crowd roared as the Dhoni ran in to bowl his medium pace and immediately gave them a moment of elation as he trapped Mahela Jayawardene trapped right in front of his stumps.

The entire team and the crowd went into celebration mode but Jayawardene asked for a review. The TV replays showed that the ball might have slid down the leg side and the decision was made in favour of the batsman.

However, it wasn’t the first time that Dhoni was denied by the DRS. In the cursed England series, Dhoni handed the gloves to Rahul Dravid and got himself on at Lords after he was left a bowler short, thanks to an injury to Zaheer Khan.

It was an overcast morning at Lords and India’s depleted bowling resources forced MS Dhoni to come on and bowl his medium pace. Kevin Pietersen was batting beautifully and Dhoni had to bring himself on to relive the two medium pacers, Praveen Kumar and Ishant Sharma.

The move almost clicked as Dhoni broke through. Pietersen was on 73 when Dhoni swung one away from him. The ball, supposedly, took the knick, carried to the stand-in keeper Dravid and Billy Bowden raised the “crooked finger of death.”

KP asked for a review and again the decision was reversed in favour of the batsman.