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Indian Captain Virat Kohli said that the DRS call was a bit of surprise for them and believed that is increasingly becoming a talking point every game.

The Decision Review System which is also known as DRS has come under fire during the fourth ODI between India and Australia held on Sunday in Mohali. This time, Indian skipper Virat Kohli is being frustrated by the 'inconsistent' DRS and called it "not consistent at all" following his side's loss to the visitors in the game.

“The DRS call was a bit of surprise for all of us and it's becoming a more of a talking point every game. It's just not consistent at all, that was a game-changing moment. The opportunities slipped away and so did the game. It's going to be cracker of a game (in Delhi), we've had two eye-openers in two games. We can't take anything for granted,” Kholi said after the match.

However, the moment in that led to Kohli's frustration happened in the 44th over of the Australian innings when batsman Ashton Turner played and missed a delivery from India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal.

Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was confident Turner had edged the ball and convinced Kohli to call for a review. After the stumping was all clear, the Snickometer displayed various spikes throughout the replay of the ball passing the toe of Turner's bat.

The front-on image showed a gap between ball and bat, but when the on-field decision of not out was upheld, Kohli was stunned. But Kholi didn’t only blame DRS for his team’s defeat. The skipper confessed that they were sloppy in the field and were not at their best.

“It became too wet to bowl, it was very difficult to bowl in the right areas. Crucial (about the stumping chance), we were sloppy in the field and should've grabbed our chances…. We have to work hard and we got to come up with more intensity and passion in the next game to try and win the series,” he said.  

Earlier, after winning the toss, India opted to bat first. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan gave the home side a solid start of a 193-run partnership in the opening stand. But Rohit unluckily dismissed for 95 while Dhawan continued and smashed 143 off 115 balls including 18 fours and 3 sixes. However, India a massive total of finally posted 358 for 9. Among the other Indian batsmen, Rishabh Pant scored 36 while Lokesh Rahul and Vijay Shankar added 26 runs each. In the day, Captain Kholi and Kedar Jadhav flopped and scored 7 and 10 runs respectively. Pat Cummins took 5 for 70 while Jhye Richardson took 3 for 85.

In chasing of a massive target of 359, Aussies lost captain Aaron Finch (0) for the total of 3, followed by Shaun Marsh for 6. But, in-form Usman Khawaja along with Peter Handscomb added 192-run in the third-wicket stand. Khawaja smashed 91 off 99 balls while Peter Handscomb knocked 117 off 105 balls. Though the pair stove off Aussies, it was Ashton Turner who took his side to the win scoring not out 84. Among other Glenn Maxwell added 24 and Alex Carey scored 21. Jasprit Bumrah picked up 3 for 63.

Brief scores

India: 358/9