WATCH: Virat Kohli’s astute DRS call gives Jasprit Bumrah maiden Test hat-trick vs West Indies

Dixit Bhargav | 01/09/2019
WATCH: Virat Kohli's astute DRS call gives Jasprit Bumrah maiden Test hat-trick vs West Indies

Virat Kohli’s astute DRS call: The Indian captain’s desperation was seen converting into a Test hat-trick for the fast bowler.

During the second day of the second Test of the ongoing India’s tour of West Indies in Antigua, India captain Virat Kohli was seen opting for an astute DRS call which ended up working for his team and most importantly fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah.

It all happened on the fourth delivery of the ninth over when Bumrah’s in-swinging delivery hit West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase on his pads. With the umpire remaining unperturbed by the loud appeal by the Indian players, Kohli immediately called for the DRS without consulting anyone else.

With Bumrah signalling a played ball, it seemed as if Kohli has wasted a review. However, in what was a case of of pad-bat, replays confirmed that the ball would have went on to hit the stumps.

Bumrah, who was on a hat-trick, ended up becoming the third Indian bowler to grab a hat-trick in Test matches. Had Kohli not went with his gut feeling, the Indian fast bowler might have missed a chance of entering the record books.

In what was Bumrah’s fourth over, his figures of 4-1-4-4 spoke highly of the manner in which he deceived the opposition batsman with the new ball.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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