'We were a bit bemused': Ben Stokes calls for a change in DRS rule after losing 3rd Test against India

Ben Stokes, the captain of England, has called for a review of the Decision Review System (DRS) in the wake of a controversial leg before-wicket call that cost his team dearly in the third Test against India in Rajkot.

The premier all-rounder said the umpire's call on DRS is something that should be done away with after England opener Zak Crawley fell leg-before against Jasprit Bumrah with the ball appearing to be grazing the leg-stump.

Stokes and England head coach Brendon McCullum even had a chat about it with match referee Jeff Crowe.

“We just wanted some clarity around Zak’s DRS when the images came back. The ball is quite clearly missing the stump on the replay. When it gets given to the umpire's ball and the ball’s not hitting the stumps, we were a bit bemused,” he said.

“We just wanted some clarity from the Hawkeye guys. It came back saying the numbers, or whatever it is, it was saying that it was hitting the stumps but it was the projection that was wrong.” “I don’t know what that means. Something’s gone wrong, it’s not me blaming that on what’s happened here, like I didn’t last week. It’s just… what’s going on?” Stokes said.

The 434-run loss is England's biggest defeat (by the margin of runs) since Ben Stokes took over as the side's Test captain. The visitors folded inside merely two sessions on Day 4, scoring only 122 in the 557-run chase after India's batting order, led by young guns Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, and Shubman Gill, wrecked havoc on the visitors.

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