5 Incidents that hogged limelight during India's tour of South Africa

4. Mayank Agarwal’s DRS Dismissal

Some of the DRS decisions in the India-South Africa series were very surprising. Mayank Agarwal’s wicket in India’s first innings on the first day of the first Test match was one of those controversial DRS decisions. Agarwal was batting brilliantly with co-opener KL Rahul in the first innings and they made a crucial 117 runs partnership.

Agarwal was batting on 60 and he was eyeing his first Test hundred on foreign soil. Lungi Ngidi’s quick-ball hit Mayank’s pads. He was given out by the umpire and immediately he reviewed the decision without any hesitation. The ball-tracking showed that the ball would hit the top of the leg-stump which was a big surprise for all the players and cricket fans as they thought it is going down the leg side.

Interestingly, despite the ball was just touching the stump still it flashed that it is hitting the stumps. The option of umpire’s call was not considered by the third umpire. And this was not the only time that this thing happened in the series. Mayank was seen disappointed after getting out. Later talking to the media, he said, “I am not allowed to give my opinion and so I want to leave it at that. Otherwise, I will be in bad books and my money could be docked”.