Twitter terms Keaton Jennings' dismissal review as the worst ever

After rain played spoilsport in the opening day of the second Test between England and India at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, only 35.2 overs were bowled in the second day. However, those many overs turned out to be enough for the home team to bowl Virat Kohli’s men out for 107 runs. James Anderson ran through their lineup and finished with a five-wicket haul.

For the visitors, Ravichandran Ashwin top-scored with 29 runs. Kohli, who was deemed to play a crucial role, was nipped out by Chris Woakes, who returned after his quad and knee injury, to leave India in the shambles. Eventually, it required a couple of agricultural strokes from Mohammed Shami to take India over the 100-run-mark, which looked a tad unlikely at one stage.

England lose one review out of two

The Three Lions started their innings steadily and put on 28 runs in 7.3 overs to set the ball rolling for the hosts. From India’s perspective, they needed someone to put his hand up and give them the first breakthrough. Shami drew first blood for Kohli’s men with the wicket of South African-born batsman Keaton Jennings, who perished after scoring 11 runs from 22 balls.

The Indian speedster churned out a full-length delivery and hit Jennings on the pads. Aleem Dar, the on-field umpire, had no hesitation to raise his fingers. However, Jennings wasn’t convinced and he consulted with Alastair Cook, his opening partner. After a brief consultation, they resorted to using the Decision Review System (DRS) in a hope of getting the decision overturned.

Chris Gaffaney, the TV umpire, reviewed the decision after which he found the dismissal as completely legitimate. The decision wasn’t reversed and England lost one review out of their two. In the meantime, Twitter ridiculed England’s decision making and termed the referral as nothing less than disastrous.

Here is how Twitter reacted