By Peter Hayter
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The folly of India's opposition to the Decision Review System was laid bare as umpires Aleem Dar and Tony Hill made six glaring errors.
PICTURE DISPUTE
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India have resisted the use of technology because of doubts over accuracy, particularly in relation to the Hawk-Eye system used for lbw decisions.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen wagging a finger and arguing with the umpires on a day which saw his side denied four plumb lbws.
His behaviour is likely to lead to disciplinary charges by the International Cricket Council, although his frustrations can be understood after Kevin Pietersen, Samit Patel and Alastair Cook, in each innings, all survived appeals which technology would have correctly given out.
England were also victim of two questionable lbw calls which resulted in the dismissals of Patel and Stuart Broad, prompting wicketkeeper Matt Prior to say: 'There's technology that can help in making split-second decisions so why wouldn't you use it?
On the receiving end: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has seen his team fall victim to some poor decisions
'We've seen it in a number of series now where it's worked very well. It's not about trying to sneak wickets using technology. It's about eradicating major errors that can happen.'
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