In the commentary, Rohit Sharma was accused of conspiring with DRS to save his wicket.

Former Australian batsman Mark Waugh has challenged DRS after Rohit Sharma was declared not out on the ball of Josh Hazlewood. He stated with extreme disappointment that “there was no way there would be an inside edge.”

When India takes on Australia, drama is promised for fans of both the countries. The same thing was seen during the second ODI between the two teams at Adelaide Oval. Indian captain Shubman Gill lost another toss in international cricket and was asked to bat first.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill opened the innings for the team; However, Gill and Kohli failed to give India a promising start, while Rohit held on despite several scares. This was the instance when this incident happened around Mark Waugh.

Rohit Sharma declared not out by DRS after close call

On the fourth ball of the sixth over, Josh Hazlewood, the lanky Australian fast bowler who had dismissed Rohit in the first game, bowled a good length ball outside the off-stump, the same ball as the previous ball on which he had been out; However, this time the ball quickly turned back towards the stumps.

Rohit Sharma once again tried to break the shackles by delivering a big blow across the line and without moving his feet much. He was struggling with lack of room and the ball hit the pads quickly and the Australian team made a big appeal.

Since the on-field umpire did not raise a finger, the Australian team took a second review against Rohit Sharma, despite the already wasted one. DRS showed that the ball never hit the bat, as it was a straight line when the ball passed the bat, instead it flicked a portion of his back pad.

Mark Waugh couldn’t believe it when DRS declared Rohit Sharma not out

As the field umpire did not give it out and the Australian team had to take it to the third umpire through referral, Australian opener Mark Waugh looked confident and deeply desired success from the commentator’s box.

DRS showed a flat line when the ball passed the bat and the spike occurred only when the ball hit Rohit’s thigh pad, much to the dismay of the former Australian in the commentary box. He looked disappointed by the call.

Mark Waugh, who was commentating at the time, was not convinced by the call. “There was no way there was going to be an inside edge,” the former Australian opening batsman was heard saying on air.

Indian tailenders have an important contribution in taking India beyond 250.

After the Indian top order failed to be promising at the top for the Men in Blue, they produced a solid end to their innings following crucial half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer. Axar Patel was the third highest run scorer with 44 runs, striking more than 100.

Indian no. 9 no more. 10, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh played a brilliant inning of 37 runs for the 9th wicket and helped India complete 50 overs in the batting innings. India set a fightable target of 265 runs for the Australian batsmen.

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