DRS, focal point of the first Test

The Decision Review System (DRS) played a major part in the first Test between Bangladesh and England with a record 26 on-field decisions reviewed by players of both the sides. On a pitch that consistently did something in almost every single delivery, it was Sri Lankan Umpire Kumar Dharmasena who was mostly involved. To be more specific, a total of 16 decisions of him were reviewed with eight of them overturned. In the process, Dharmasena became a part of an unwanted record, that of the most reversed decisions for an umpire in a single Test match in the history of DRS. Among those 26 reviews, probably Moeen Ali’s consecutive three decisions which were initially given out by Dharmasena before being overturned after review, was probably the most interesting part of the Test match. Despite the use of modern technology, there were questions regarding quite a few review decisions given by the third umpire Sundaram Ravi of India. With that said, the majority would still want the DRS technology in the upcoming days.Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim on DRS“Sometimes you have a distinct feeling after losing a game. Luck matters at times so if you consider the DRS, things could have gone either way for us. We tried what we could. It is not fair to judge DRS based on the match result. The two decisions (in the final day) could have also gone our way. Since it is out of our control, it will not go our way all the time. We had some decisions in our favour. Much of it depends on luck.” Gaffaney (L) and Dharmasena were under the spotlight throughout the Test match DHAKA TRIBUNEDay 1Over 11.6: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire – Chris Gaffaney, Batsman - Gary Ballance (Upheld) Over 23.4: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire - Gaffaney, Batsman - Moeen Ali (Struck down) Over 26.5: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Kumar Dharmasena, Batsman - Ali (Upheld) Over 28.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Ali (Upheld) Over 28.4: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Ali (Upheld) Over 47.4: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire - Gaffaney, Batsman - Ali (Struck down) Over 83.5: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire - Gaffaney, Batsman - Adil Rashid (Struck down)Day 2Over 93.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Gaffaney, Batsman - Rashid (Upheld) Over 102.1: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman – Stuart Broad (Upheld) Over 105.5: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire - Gaffaney, Batsman - Broad (Upheld) Over 42.6: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Tamim Iqbal (Upheld) Over 64.3: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Mushfiqur Rahim (Struck down)Day 3Over 78.2: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Shafiul Islam (Struck down) Over 81.1: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Umpire - Gaffaney, Batsman - Mehedi Hasan Miraz (Struck down) Over 84.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Sabbir (Struck down) Over 0.5: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Ben Duckett (Struck down) Over 9.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Gaffaney, Batsman - Joe Root (Struck down) Over 68.4: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Rashid (Upheld) Over 75.4: Review by Bangladesh (Bowling), Umpire - Gaffaney, Batsman - Broad (Struck down)Day 4Over 80.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Gareth Batty (Struck down) Over 9.4: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Tamim (Struck down) Over 27.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Mominul Haque (Upheld) Over 29.6: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Mahmudullah (Struck down) Over 70.5: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Umpire - Gaffaney, Batsman - Miraz (Struck down)Day 5Over 81.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Taijul Islam (Upheld) Over 81.3: Review by Bangladesh (Batting), Umpire - Dharmasena, Batsman - Shafiul (Struck down)