6 Bowlers who got their first wicket via DRS in international cricket
Unquestionably, this very technological innovation, DRS, has been quite productive in the context of cricket.
6. Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
The Afghanistan bowling all-rounder also has this record up against his name. Rashid forced his name into the list in his debut Test match against India. Afghanistan played their maiden Test against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on 14 June 2018.
Ajinkya Rahane, the stand-in skipper in the absence of Kohli, won the toss and elected to bat first. Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay opened the proceedings for India. Dhawan also went on to become the fastest Indian to score a century before lunch on the first day.
The very incident took place in the 67th over of Day 1 of the only Test between India and Afghanistan. The Afghan bowling all-rounder had the SG Test ball in his hands while Rahane was on strike. He ran in with his fierce action and dropped it short which caught Rahane in splits as the ball hit his back thigh in front of the middle-stump.
The right-arm leg-break bowler went up very hard as he desperately wanted his maiden Test wicket. Soon, the appeal was subdued by the umpire as he thought it was too high. After a brief discussion with Rashid Khan, Asghar Stanikzai went upstairs for a review.
DRS showed that the ball was crashing onto the stumps and the umpire had to overturn the decision. Rashid took a sigh of relief as he grabbed his maiden Test wicket in the most climactic way possible after toiling hard for it.
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