Ashes winning captain unimpressed with England complaining about DRS

In the ongoing fourth Test between India and England, the on-field and TV umpires and the Decision Review System (DRS) have been kept busy. As the wicket at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi had an uneven bounce in the first two days made it difficult for the umpires in case of LBWs. However, during the series, the Three Lions have been accused of moaning around the DRS as some of the 50-50 decisions haven’t gone their way.

However, former England skipper Michael Vaughan doesn’t feel his national side has been trailing behind due to the technology. He even urged the players not to look too much into the umpires’ calls.

“I think England have done a bit too much moaning about it in this series. Yes, there have been a couple of strange-looking decisions. Ollie Pope has had a couple of LBWs in the first innings in the last two Tests. Zak Crawley has had a couple too, the one where Kuldeep Yadav trapped him leg-before in Vizag, and the one in Rajkot that saw the match referee seek out Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum to explain that there had been a little error in the pictures shown on screen,” Vaughan wrote.

England let the game slip in Rajkot on Day Three: Michael Vaughan

The 2005 Ashes-winning captain reflected on Day Three of the third Test in Rajkot last week. At the start of the day, the team was 208/2, in reply to India’s 445. However, the visitors ended up giving a lead of more than 130 runs. On Day Four, the team lost the game by 434 runs.

“I understand how in the high-pressure environment of a massive Test series the world can feel like it’s against you, but it’s not why England are in the situation they find themselves in in this game or this series. That is because, just like in Rajkot, on moving day, day three, they let the game slip. They need to think long and hard about why that is happening, and it is really not because of DRS, even if Joe Root is a very important player and his decision today was very marginal,” he added.