India Vs England 1st Test: India Lose Two Reviews In Two Overs, Also Lose The Final DRS

In a embarrassing move, captain Kohli loses two DRS in two overs. The first one could have been avoided. Now India are left with just one more review for the innings.

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In a first session which looks like entirely going to the visiting side, England did not lose a single wicket for twenty overs. In a desperate move, India lost two of their reviews in a span of five delveries across two overs. The first one came from Ashwin to Ben Stokes as a reverse-sweep attempt by Stokes was missed. The ball hit Stokes on the glove and popped up in the air but wasn't caught. Ashwin was adamant that it was a LBW chance but a clear touch on the glove was seen. 

In the very next over, Shahbaz Nadeem hit Stokes on the pads and appealed for a DRS. The ball was bouncing a little too much, thus missing the stumps on the ball-tracking system. Nonetheless, India lost another review and Root completed his 150 runs.

The third and the final review was also used by England for a catch appeal. Turn out, the ball had hit the forearm of Ollie Pope who was the player in contention. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Root now the only second batsman to make a 150+ score in 100th Test match after Inzamam-ul-Haq, who made 184 also against India at Bangalore in 2005.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndvEng?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#IndvEng</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IndvsEng?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>#IndvsEng</a></p>&mdash; Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) <a href="https://twitter.com/mohanstatsman/status/1357924685451677696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>February 6, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

England are comfortably sitting at 521/6 with 10 overs remaining in the Day's play. Frustration increasing for Indian fans as the match is getting increasingly one-sided.