India captain Rohit Sharma and his teammates were absolutely shocked as Akash Deep’s DRS review proved correct in the second test against Bangladesh at Kanpur.
Akash prompted skipper Rohit to challenge the decision after an on field umpire adjudged it not out but the bowler was sure about the LBW decision.
The DRS review incident
The Indian Skipper decided to the take review at the last minute and the review showed that the ball would’ve crashed into the leg stump.
The decision was reversed with surprising reactions from Rohit, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kholi, Muhammed Siraj and others.
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Sharing the Video on X the BCCI wrote:
“When the giant screen showed three Reds. Akash Deep gets his second courtesy of a successful DRS!”
Akash Deep the speedster
Deep made his test debut against England earlier this year. Deep took three wickets in the fourth test held in Ranchi. He recently backed nine wickets in the Duleep Throphy game for India A against India B.
The Bihar-born pacer also scalped 2 wickets in the opening test against Bangladesh. Akash is likely to be retained for the upcoming home series against New Zealand in October.
India on Day 1 morning session
Akash Deep struck twice to help the Rohit Sharma led side get off a promising start against Bangladesh on day 1 of second test. He first dismissed Zakir Hasan, thanks to stunning catch from Yashasvi Jaiswal
at slips. He then reduced the visitors to 29-2 by dismissing Shadman Islam LBW.
At the time of writing Bangladesh were 42/2, with skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mominul Haque at the crease. Rohit Sharma and company leading the two match test series 1-0 courtesy to the 280 run victory in the first test in Chennai. Ashwin was awarded the player of the match award for scoring a ton and taking a 6-fer.
Rishabh Pant and Shubhman Gill also scored hundreds.