Ind vs Eng second Take a look at – Ben Stokes questions DRS Zak Crawley lbw dismissal

India levelled the collection 1-1 with victory via 106 runs on day 4, bowling the vacationers out for 292 in pursuit of 399. Simply as within the first innings, Crawley was once the main scorer, this time with 73, whilst nobody else handed 36.

Crawley was once maintaining company as wickets fell round him within the morning consultation. On the finish of the forty second over, he was once struck at the pad via a duration supply from Kuldeep Yadav, which was once given now not out at the box via status umpire Marais Erasmus.

India captain Rohit Sharma took his time ahead of inquiring for a evaluate and was once rewarded when Erasmus needed to due to this fact overturn his authentic determination. The contentious part gave the look to be the affect of the ball into leg stump, which, to the England captain, appeared some distance much less sure than DRS’ projected trail.

“Era within the recreation is clearly there,” mentioned Stokes at stumps. “Everybody has an working out of the explanations it will possibly by no means be 100% which is why we’ve got the umpire’s name. That is why it is in position.

“When it isn’t 100% as everybody says, I do not believe it is unfair for any individual to mention ‘I feel the era has were given it improper in this instance’. And that’s my private opinion. I will be able to say that.

“However in a recreation stuffed with ifs, buts and maybes, It’s not that i am going to mention that is the reason why we have not were given the end result we needed. I am simply pronouncing my private opinion is that the era has long gone improper in this instance, and I feel that is honest to mention.”

Crawley walked off with 205 nonetheless to get, intently adopted via Jonny Bairstow 5 balls later, leaving England 194 for six going into the afternoon consultation. India wanted simply 26.4 overs to take the rest 4 wickets to sq. issues forward of a 10-day wreck within the collection. The groups will meet once more for the 3rd Take a look at in Rajkot, which starts on February 15.

Requested if he was once having a look to escalate his lawsuits, Stokes added: “You’ll be able to’t actually do a lot with issues which were and long gone. A choice has been made, and you’ll’t actually overturn a choice that has been made. This is the place I stand on that.”