Outsiders don’t know what happens on the field: Virat Kohli dismisses criticism of team’s blast of DRS Cricket News – Times of India

Cape Town: Indian captain Virat Kohli defended his team’s verbal attack on broadcasters on Friday Dean AlgaryThe controversial DRS of the U.K. said that people outside do not understand the trigger for such an explosion.
Kohli and his teammates lost their cool during the final 45 minutes on the third day of the third Test, which they lost by seven wickets to win the series 2–1. Rival captain Dean Elgar spoke into the stump mic to express his dismay after a brawl caused massive relief DRS’s decision,

“I don’t have any comments to comment on. We understand that what happened on the field and what happens to people outside is not an accurate description of what happens on the field,” he told a post-match press conference here on Friday.
“… for me to try to justify what we did on the field and to say that we got carried away…,” he did not finish the sentence.

“If we had been in charge and picked up three wickets there, maybe this would have been the moment that would have changed the game,” he said.
The incident happened in the 21st over. Ravichandran Ashwin Flies a delivery that sank and then a lunge straightens out to hit Elgar’s bat.

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Umpire Marais Erasmus pointed his finger straight but Elgar appealed for DRS.
Once he saw on the big screen that he had been beaten, he started to back off and found that the ball was going over the stumps. While it seemed merciless, the reversal of the decision kicked off the field with disgust as all kinds of chatter started.

The trajectory of impact of the ball post on the pad is determined by means of Hawkeye technology independent of match footage provided by the host broadcaster to the third umpire. Hawkeye is recognized by the ICC.
Kohli, who has now played 99 Tests, insisted that he did not want to create a controversy at the moment and that his team had moved on.
“The reality of the situation is that we didn’t put enough pressure on him for a long time during this Test match and that’s why we lost the match,” he said.

“That one moment feels great and so exciting to stir up controversy, which, honestly, I’m not interested in making… it was just (a) moment that passed and we moved on from it.” And we just kept focusing on the game and tried to pick up more wickets,” Kohli insisted.
Ashwin and white-ball captain KL Rahul also made sarcastic remarks against host broadcaster SuperSport over the DRS saga, which was picked up by the stump mic.