ENG vs IND | Umpire Sharfuddoula in the middle of storm after DRS saves Akash Deep twice in three balls

India closed in on England’s first innings total at Lord’s as they rode on KL Rahul’s patient century, with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja scoring important fifties. After a dominant 141-run stand between Rahul and Pant, India lost both batters in the space of nine balls as England came straight back into the match.

But Jadeja kept them at bay with his gritty half-century, adding 72 and 50 runs with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar, respectively. But his dismissal again brought the match back on level terms, with England still holding a lead of 11 runs.

New batter Akash Deep was given out LBW, immediately by umpire Sharfuddoula, on the first ball he faced. Chris Woakes’ delivery swung in wildly after pitching on a short of a length area. Just as the ball hit high on his front pad, Akash confidently reviewed with replays clearly showing the ball going down the leg stump.

A ball later, it was action replay time as the ball hit Akash again on the pad with the umpire raising his finger in what looked like a close call. But Akash reviewed again with the result once again going in his favour amid huge cheers from the crowd.

Twitter was not impressed with Sharfuddoula’s decisions as the match went from bad to worse for the on-field umpire.

Akashdeep survives

Akashdeep survives again

Wow

Out given

Really

Specsaver

Twice

Again and again

Oh lord

Gone

Absolutely