The Decision
Review System (DRS) has never been cleared of controversies. It does give the
playing teams chance to review the umpire’s decision, but on several occasions,
it left a team baffled as the rule denied chances that they felt deserved.

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On Monday, in
the IPL match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), an
incident saw cricket fans discussing the DRS.

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What has happened?

In the first
delivery of the 17th over, RR captain Sanju Samson was struck on the back leg,
bowler Tim Southee appealed for an lbw which the umpire upheld. In between the
appeal and the umpire’s decision, Samson and Riyan Parag had changed the ends.
Samson, however, successfully reviewed the umpire’s decision and got a
reprieve. Although the dismissal was overturned by taking DRS, Rajasthan Royals
were not awarded the single due to the ‘dead ball’ clause.

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What does the DRS rule say?

Clause 3.7 of
Appendix D referred to the ICC playing conditions (DRS). “If following a
player review request, an original decision of Out is changed to Not-out, then
the ball is still deemed to have become dead when the original decision was
made,” the ICC rule stated.

“The
batting side, while benefiting from the reversal of dismissal, shall not
benefit from any runs that may subsequently have accrued from the delivery had
the on-field umpire originally.”

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Remove the dead ball clause

Several experts
argued that in cases where a decision is overturned (or not out), the dead-ball
clause must be removed. If a decision can get reversed, the dead-ball could
also be eliminated.

The Royals on
Monday posted 152 for 5 in 20 overs after Samson scored 54 off 49 balls. Samson
hit seven boundaries and a six during his innings.