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It’s been a Test match filled with controversy, and little has changed on day four as Australia face India in Bengaluru.

Steve Smith fell victim to a ball which kept low off the bowling of Umesh Yadav, given out LBW by umpire Nigel Llong.

Smith and batting partner Peter Handscomb met in the middle of the pitch to discuss whether they should review, with the pair then seeking the advice of the Australian box.

Indian captain Virat Kohli was quick to bring it to the attention of the umpires, who swiftly acted telling Smith he was no longer able to review the decision.

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Terrible stuff this and puts DRS in a bad light
 
What Smith and Australians were trying to do was pure cheating. Totally unexpected from Smith. To hear Nigel Llong tell Smith " Thats not allowed" was not a very good sight.
 
I dont know why everybody is making this a big issue, I honestly dont think Smith knew the rules of the game otherwise why would he in broad daylight look for help from the dressing room ? He now knows and will not repeat it, is there a need to make this an ongoing issue ?
 
If Smith didn't know about the rule, then it isn't a big deal. But I doubt that no one apart from Smith knew about the rule too. Also, Kohli said this has been going on from a couple of days. You can make a mistake once, a few times and it is cheating.

honeybadger said:
Mountain out of molehill. Not the first time they have taken an imaginary moral high ground as they polish the giant chip on their shoulder.
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No, this would be outright cheating.
 
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That looked terrible on screen.

Borderline cheating at best.
 
I am surprised he managed to understand any instruction from there given he couldn't even explain what he meant to Marsh from 2 yards in English.

"We weren't entirely sure," Smith said. "I sort of said "go" as in "go have a look at it" and he sort of turned around and started walking, so I should've probably put my hands up and done it."
 
Sachin136 said:
If Smith didn't know about the rule, then it isn't a big deal. But I doubt that no one apart from Smith knew about the rule too. Also, Kohli said this has been going on from a couple of days. You can make a mistake once, a few times and it is cheating.



No, this would be outright cheating.
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Yes, but I don't see why we are talking Kohli's word for it. If the match referee concedes that it wasn't the first time it happened, then of course. I don't know why pitchforks are out already.
 
honeybadger said:
Yes, but I don't see why we are talking Kohli's word for it. If the match referee concedes that it wasn't the first time it happened, then of course. I don't know why pitchforks are out already.
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Probably because Kohli reported the same to the umpires before, and he surely can't be lying about this.
 
honeybadger said:
Yes, but I don't see why we are talking Kohli's word for it. If the match referee concedes that it wasn't the first time it happened, then of course. I don't know why pitchforks are out already.
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By the same logic shouldn't you wait until jumping to smith's defence, kohli said this had happened twice and umpires and referee had been already informed ofcourse no need to believe him but i find it interesting that llong was quickly on to the scene as if he expected something like this.
 
Zak_Fan said:
Probably because Kohli reported the same to the umpires before, and he surely can't be lying about this.
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Saint Virat of course would never ever do anything dubious.
 
honeybadger said:
Yes, but I don't see why we are talking Kohli's word for it. If the match referee concedes that it wasn't the first time it happened, then of course. I don't know why pitchforks are out already.
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That's why they informed the match referee about it.

You are the one who jumped the gun and said

"Mountain out of molehill. Not the first time they have taken an imaginary moral high ground as they polish the giant chip on their shoulder."

without knowing to which extent it happened.

Even if it happened once, it is still against the rules.
 
Nigel llongs reaction to it clearly shows he knew such kind of thing is going on and he immediately told smith that it is not on.


Why r everyone blaming only smith? If u look at the video it is hanscomb who suggested to look at dressing room side
 
Drreddymd said:
Like david warner doing the same thing isn't it? Every aus player told that everyone does that but u aussies made a mountain of that incident but u question us for doing the same. Double standards isn't it?
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Mate in Australia we recognise our players push the lines and push fairness a lot.

The only holier than thou lot in cricket are India and England who both continually pretend to be innocent angels who always do everything perfectly.
 
jagatk said:
By the same logic shouldn't you wait until jumping to smith's defence, kohli said this had happened twice and umpires and referee had been already informed ofcourse no need to believe him but i find it interesting that llong was quickly on to the scene as if he expected something like this.
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Everyone is a body language expert on internet now. Llong is one of the more animated umpires out there. Remember when he reprimanded Hafeez on field for showing slight descent?
 
Amazing how defensive Aussie posters are here. It was an act of cheating, so why do you have to find excuses? :facepalm:
 
Sachin136 said:
That's why they informed the match referee about it.

You are the one who jumped the gun and said

"Mountain out of molehill. Not the first time they have taken an imaginary moral high ground as they polish the giant chip on their shoulder."

without knowing to which extent it happened.

Even if it happened once, it is still against the rules.
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I didn't jump the gun and I stand by it. Clearly people have already decided that "Smith is a habitual cheat", even though the jury is still out, so to speak. That whole press conference was an a petulant act behoving a teenager with a giant chip on the shoulder. "waa cheating I saw it with me own two eyes, waa Ian Healey threw his bat check youtube, waa snake can bite from various positions". If it's established he cheated, fine, punish him,else, reserve the judgement.
 
Zak_Fan said:
Amazing how defensive Aussie posters are here. It was an act of cheating, so why do you have to find excuses? :facepalm:
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To be fair to them it is difficult to support healy's comments and then have captain caught cheating. And it is easier to pretend smith didn't cheat than to say healy is hypocrite and we have a history of cheating.
 
Convict said:
Mate in Australia we recognise our players push the lines and push fairness a lot.

The only holier than thou lot in cricket are India and England who both continually pretend to be innocent angels who always do everything perfectly.
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If you are a convicted criminal or a match fixer, "innocent until proven guilty". If Saint Kohli concocts something in his head, apparently it's an undisputed cardinal truth.
 
honeybadger said:
I didn't jump the gun and I stand by it. Clearly people have already decided that "Smith is a habitual cheat", even though the jury is still out, so to speak. That whole press conference was an a petulant act behoving a teenager with a giant chip on the shoulder. "waa cheating I saw it with me own two eyes, waa Ian Healey threw his bat check youtube, waa snake can bite from various positions". If it's established he cheated, fine, punish him,else, reserve the judgement.
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They caught him cheating mate, its just whether it was once or is he a habitual cheat but end result is he is a cheat. Healy is a ***** with history of sledging pot kettle black comes to mind. The whole snake's head was lyon's doing, if you cant take it don't dishout.
 
honeybadger said:
If you are a convicted criminal or a match fixer, "innocent until proven guilty". If Saint Kohli concocts something in his head, apparently it's an undisputed cardinal truth.
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Kohli concocted in his mind that aussies were taking instructions from the dressing room on DRS and informed the Match Refree and Umpires.

Then Smith oblidged Kohli.
 
jagatk said:
They caught him cheating mate, its just whether it was once or is he a habitual cheat but end result is he is a cheat. Healy is a ***** with history of sledging pot kettle black comes to mind. The whole snake's head was lyon's doing, if you cant take it don't dishout.
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If he really had intended to cheat, he could've easily come up with more subtle signals than just ASK the dressing room. Still, I'm reserving my judgement.
lmao. what are you going on about? Aussies have at least kept their battles to the battlefield and not gone about crying and whining to the media, taking out of context statements, personally.
 
Typical bully boy behavior. U can dish out but when it is dished back they cry and complain like ponting did with harbhajan.

It is them who instigate but cry foul when retaliated
 
So here's Smith's response, from cricinfo -
Smith denied that his side used help from the dressing room as a DRS tactic. He insisted his dismissal was the first time he looked up to the dressing room. "No, I think that's probably the first time it's happened, and it was a brain fade on my behalf," he said.
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Do I see multiple chips on Aussie shoulders? That isn't a statement someone makes if he's innocent, at least that's how most people interpret it as.
 
VVS Laxman isn't impressed.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Really disappointed with the way <a href="https://twitter.com/stevesmith49">@stevesmith49</a> looked @ the dressing room 2 take a review.Totally against the spirit of the game&#55357;&#56840; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/INDvsAUS?src=hash">#INDvsAUS</a></p>— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) <a href="https://twitter.com/VVSLaxman281/status/839030689425141760">March 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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It was cheating, plain and simple. Smith can call it a brain-fade all he wants but he should know this is international cricket and incidents like these are not brain-fades. Not surprised Kohli lost his mind over it either. He doesn't seem to have much respect for the game or the umpires.
 
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Guys, bump the relevant thread and avoid this massive derail. The thread is about Smith.
 
Isn't the point of DRS to reduce umpiring mistakes?

Why is it against the rules to ask for help from the dressing room in the first place. If the dressing room can look at a replay and help correct a wrong decision within the allotted time, isn't that a good thing?
 
LegSideHack said:
Isn't the point of DRS to reduce umpiring mistakes?

Why is it against the rules to ask for help from the dressing room in the first place. If the dressing room can look at a replay and help correct a wrong decision within the allotted time, isn't that a good thing?
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For starters because law says asking for help from your team in pavilion for using a review is against the rules if something is illegal then it is wrong, Also if dressing room after looking at the replays is going to decide whether to review or not then why even have umpires, scrap them completely put the 3rd umpire incharge and take reviews out of the equation completely.
 
Shooting the messenger(Kohli) is the easiest thing to do in this world. Topic is about Steve Smith not Virat Kohli so I am not sure why some of you are attacking Kohli here. He did the right thing by informing the umpires.

Also I will give smith a benefit of doubt here. He is the only match winning batsman in their team and that decision would have shifted the momentum of the match in india's favour. He was desperate to stay there and take his team home. Should be fined 10% of match fees nothing else. Although I would like ICC to ban him for 2 test matches so that we can win this series. :inti
 
So according to some fans australians are cheaters yet we keep playing 4-5 test matches series year after year against them. We invite them to play in our IPL, make them captains of our franchise teams, make them our coaches and so on. Now is the right time to boycott this australian team just like we boycott Pakistan.
 
jagatk said:
For starters because law says asking for help from your team in pavilion for using a review is against the rules if something is illegal then it is wrong, Also if dressing room after looking at the replays is going to decide whether to review or not then why even have umpires, scrap them completely put the 3rd umpire incharge and take reviews out of the equation completely.
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The DRS system changes seemingly every 6 months, I would hope they change this rule in the future.

If the dressing room can help in making correct decisions without wasting time, then sure let's allow them to watch replays.

At the end of the day, I as a viewer want to watch a match with the fewest number of umpiring mistakes possible. Let's leave the game to the players. I'm not saying throw umpires out. Having the dressing room's help in reviewing decisions would help teams use their 2 reviews in a better way.
 
I agree, itsn ot about who pointed it out to the umpire , whether it was Virat or Saha or anyone else, focus is on Smith - He is the captain and the best batsman in his side , his wicked is pivotal and he knows that. trying to get some extra help isn't very sportsmanlike. Kohli's decision was dubious as well but he went for a review right away - He isn't the most apt at using DRS but he makes his decisions and lives by it. Smith should have done the same and if indeed this has happened more than once in the game then that's horrible. Gives more spice to the series I guess !
 
Smith cheated and acted as if he did not know the rule. Well .... not knowing the rule is not a good excuse for breaking it !!!
 
LegSideHack said:
Isn't the point of DRS to reduce umpiring mistakes?

Why is it against the rules to ask for help from the dressing room in the first place. If the dressing room can look at a replay and help correct a wrong decision within the allotted time, isn't that a good thing?
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Indeed it is good thing but then what's the use of on field umpire's
 
LegSideHack said:
The DRS system changes seemingly every 6 months, I would hope they change this rule in the future.

If the dressing room can help in making correct decisions without wasting time, then sure let's allow them to watch replays.

At the end of the day, I as a viewer want to watch a match with the fewest number of umpiring mistakes possible. Let's leave the game to the players. I'm not saying throw umpires out. Having the dressing room's help in reviewing decisions would help teams use their 2 reviews in a better way.
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But then what is the logic of having the umpires, if a guy sitting with a laptop looking at replays is going to help make decisions about whether captain should review or not then why not cut out the 2 middlemen ie the captain and the dressing room guy and let the guy with the laptop and stuff ie the 3rd umpire make all the decisions.

Also drs was for howlers which are clearly wrong like pujara in this game or renshaw in earlier not for marginal calls or hail mary calls like smith's. Ofcourse decisions still go wrong but that is more the player's fault not drs's eg. India not reviewing marsh caught behind in 1st innings or marsh not reviewing hos lbw.
 
LegSideHack said:
Isn't the point of DRS to reduce umpiring mistakes?

Why is it against the rules to ask for help from the dressing room in the first place. If the dressing room can look at a replay and help correct a wrong decision within the allotted time, isn't that a good thing?
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Considering that reviews are limited and teams lose reviews when its wrongly taken, DRS is as much now a tactical tool as its one to reduce mistakes. Hence any help from the dressing room, where each DRS count is limited and each wicket precious can change entire matches
 
Convict said:
Mate in Australia we recognise our players push the lines and push fairness a lot.
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Do you even understand the concept of fair play ? :O

The only holier than thou lot in cricket are India and England who both continually pretend to be innocent angels who always do everything perfectly.
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No we don't. I don't think even Virat Kohli believes that :)) .... the thing thats worrying you is probably the fact that the Indians have now started to dish out the exact same meds to the aussies from all fronts Media, Players, fans ... as the saying goes : what goes around comes around. Enjoy ! :)

BTW what do you make of Ian Healy's recent whineging ? Isn't he doing the same thing that you don't like ?
 
Convict said:
Mate in Australia we recognise our players push the lines and push fairness a lot.

The only holier than thou lot in cricket are India and England who both continually pretend to be innocent angels who always do everything perfectly.
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Your skipper was caught with his hands in the cookie jar. Even he's not denying it. Get over it instead of trying to muddy the waters by bringing India and England into this.
 
Michael Clarke says Virat Kohli's allegations Australia were infringing on DRS rules may have merit

"I want to find out from the Australian team if they're using the DRS in that way, if they are then that is unacceptable," Clarke told TV station India Today.

"My concern and my worry is that when you look at the footage of what happened with Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb ... actually suggests to Steve Smith to turn around and have a look at the support staff.

"If it is only a one-off, I don't think that would have happened.

"The fact that Peter Handscomb is even thinking about telling the Australian captain to turn around and look to the support staff, I've got my concerns."

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cric...drs-rules-may-have-merit-20170307-guszyl.html
 
Sachin136 said:
Michael Clarke says Virat Kohli's allegations Australia were infringing on DRS rules may have merit

"I want to find out from the Australian team if they're using the DRS in that way, if they are then that is unacceptable," Clarke told TV station India Today.

"My concern and my worry is that when you look at the footage of what happened with Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb ... actually suggests to Steve Smith to turn around and have a look at the support staff.

"If it is only a one-off, I don't think that would have happened.

"The fact that Peter Handscomb is even thinking about telling the Australian captain to turn around and look to the support staff, I've got my concerns."

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cric...drs-rules-may-have-merit-20170307-guszyl.html
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Clarkey gonna get a mouthful from the patriotic team now, watch this space.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I referred smudga to look at the box... my fault and was unaware of the rule. Shouldn't take anything away from what was an amazing game!</p>— Peter Handscomb (@phandscomb54) <a href="https://twitter.com/phandscomb54/status/839192126034411521">March 7, 2017</a></blockquote>
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If you watch the vid, Smith can be clearly seen gesticulating towards the dressing room and seems to be asking if he should take the DRS. This is a unambiguous violation the DRS rules. The Indian team on noticing what is happening surrounds him probably preventing him in getting the response from the dressing room before the umpire intervenes and tells Smith to walk
Shame on you Steve Smith, otherwise an awesome match played well by both teams and the best one won.

The incident needs to investigated by ICC and if Smith is in violation then he needs to be held accountable. Letting it go or considering it a one off will set an ugly precedent which I am sure no one wants. India has been one of the last countries to embrace DRS and this attempt at cheating doesn't bode well for the technology.

I guess the next step is to check if the batsmen are having a hidden transmitter on their body/ear which they can use to check if they should go for a DRS!! yes, technology is wonderful and so are the efforts to beat it.
 
This is starting to turn into a fight between two bald men over a comb.

Australia and India are the two teams in world cricket who have been pushing the boundaries of fair play the furthest for the last two years.

We have seen both teams crack open deadlocked Test matches with highly suspicious reverse swing, and both teams have exhibited spoilt brat behavior again and again and again.

Steve Smith got caught trying to cheat. He needs to just man up, admit it, and apologise properly.

And India need to stop their sanctimonious whining.
 
Junaids said:
This is starting to turn into a fight between two bald men over a comb.

Australia and India are the two teams in world cricket who have been pushing the boundaries of fair play the furthest for the last two years.

We have seen both teams crack open deadlocked Test matches with highly suspicious reverse swing, and both teams have exhibited spoilt brat behavior again and again and again.

Steve Smith got caught trying to cheat. He needs to just man up, admit it, and apologise properly.

And India need to stop their sanctimonious whining.
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You are confusing cheating which is illegal and unfair play which may be unethical but legal. You are also implying that every one on these teams is cheating and only Smith got caught. Have some facts to back up your premise or just trolling!!!!

This was an excellent match played well by both teams except for this ugly incident. Yes Indians and particularly Kohli has been sledging which is what the Aussies had been doing for a very long time until other teams caught up to them. If you are dishing it out then be prepared to take it too
 
Good thing Kohli brought it up and Smith got caught red handed by umpire. Shameful act from a great player
 
I would cheat if the umpires didn't catch me. Good on Smith for bending the rules!

Too much of this "Gentleman's game" bs.
 
Junaids said:
This is starting to turn into a fight between two bald men over a comb.

Australia and India are the two teams in world cricket who have been pushing the boundaries of fair play the furthest for the last two years.

We have seen both teams crack open deadlocked Test matches with highly suspicious reverse swing, and both teams have exhibited spoilt brat behavior again and again and again.

Steve Smith got caught trying to cheat. He needs to just man up, admit it, and apologise properly.

And India need to stop their sanctimonious whining.
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If you do not have any evidence about India ball tampering, then I suggest you stop mentioning it in every thread.
 
volcyz said:
Clarkey gonna get a mouthful from the patriotic team now, watch this space.
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That Australia may have used this tactic while fielding, & not batting, is not without merit. I say Kohli is damn right with his allegation, Smith didn't outright deny it, he said "I think this was the first time" which says to me this was an ongoing cheat strategy.

Smith only admitted to it because he was caught on cam, hence only the "first time" innuendo.
 
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Sachin136 said:
Michael Clarke says Virat Kohli's allegations Australia were infringing on DRS rules may have merit

"I want to find out from the Australian team if they're using the DRS in that way, if they are then that is unacceptable," Clarke told TV station India Today.

"My concern and my worry is that when you look at the footage of what happened with Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb ... actually suggests to Steve Smith to turn around and have a look at the support staff.

"If it is only a one-off, I don't think that would have happened.

"The fact that Peter Handscomb is even thinking about telling the Australian captain to turn around and look to the support staff, I've got my concerns."

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cric...drs-rules-may-have-merit-20170307-guszyl.html
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Clarke is spot on here.

Anyway what is the record of Aus with correct uses of DRS? It must be pretty high with support staff making decisions for Aus.
 
Kohli saying that he had reported about it earlier to the refree & umpires puts them under some pressure too. Would be interesting to see how the issue is handled.
 
Buffet said:
Clarke is spot on here.

Anyway what is the record of Aus with correct uses of DRS? It must be pretty high with support staff making decisions for Aus.
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Of course it is, the response of Smith & Handscomb just nails it for me. Now I just wish the BCCI produces video evidence & puts this debate to rest, but I have a feeling they've got an understanding with CA. If there's a repeat of Mr. Anderson saga here, I'd be fuming as well just as Kohli was at the presser.
 
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Peter Handscomb takes blame for Steve Smith's DRS 'cheating' 371 reading now

Peter Handscomb has taken the blame for Australia's controversial use of the Decision Review System after former captain Michael Clarke expressed concern about whether the second Test incident was a "one-off".

Angry India skipper Kohli all but accused Australia of cheating, claiming they were rorting the DRS in Bangalore, ensuring an acrimonious postscript to the Test which the hosts won by 75 runs on Tuesday to level the series.
Kohli slams Smith's 'brain fade'
India captain Virat Kohli has all but accused Steve Smith of cheating over the Australian captain's use of the decision review system during the second Test in Bangalore.
Two former India captains called on the ICC to come down hard on Australian captain Steve Smith following his lbw dismissal when, prompted by batting partner Handscomb, he glanced at teammates in his changeroom while mulling whether to review the verdict.

The laws of the game dictate that players must make such decisions without any help from outside the field and Smith described his actions as a "brain fade".

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Handscomb later put up his hand to take the blame, pleading ignorance of the rules.

"I referred smudga (Smith) to look at the box ... my fault and was unaware of the rule," Handscomb said on Twitter.

"Shouldn't take anything away from what was an amazing game!"

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An irate Kohli claimed in his post-match press conference that the Australians had been seeking advice from support staff regarding referrals for "the last three days".

"I saw that happening two times when I was batting out there. I pointed it out to the umpires ... it has to stop," he said.

"There are lines you don't cross on the cricket field. I don't want to mention the word (cheating), but it falls under that bracket."

Former India captains Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Gavaskar both urged the ICC to take action against Smith, but the batsman is expected to escape punishment.

Clarke made it clear he did not want to be too judgmental of his successor as Australia skipper, noting he was keen to find out more about Kohli's claims.

"I want to find out from the Australian team if they're using the DRS in that way, if they are then that is unacceptable," Clarke told TV station India Today.

"My concern and my worry is that when you look at the footage of what happened with Steve Smith, Peter Handscomb ... actually suggests to Steve Smith to turn around and have a look at the support staff.

"If it is only a one-off, I don't think that would have happened.

"The fact that Peter Handscomb is even thinking about telling the Australian captain to turn around and look to the support staff, I've got my concerns."

Gavaskar noted the incident involving Smith and Handscomb was "quite blatant" and not "in the spirit of the game".

"We have to see what the ICC and match referee do ... the match referee and the umpires should look into it," Gavaskar told NDTV.

Ganguly, who had plenty of run-ins with Steve Waugh when the pair were leading their respective sides, declared "action must be taken".

"If the umpires themselves saw Smith infringing on DRS rules then they must report and take action. The umpires and match referee must ensure this doesn't happen in future," Ganguly told Aaj Tak.

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cric...teve-smiths-drs-cheating-20170308-gutf6b.html
 
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Sorry about the title, anyway what seems clear is that Smith does not want to take the blame, he might have been instructed to do so. There's a small chance that Peter might be banned, in case BCI gives enough evidence of this cheating. Lastly, Aus have not outright claimed this didn't happen, therefore they are guilty IMO & just hoping to see that the video footage doesn't prove them liars as well. Otherwise why wouldn't you plead not guilty, Peter falling back to ignorance just confirms my suspicion.
 
This is happened before, Balaji Rao in during the World Cup , Canada vs Pakistan. From memory it was shezhad who was on to him at the time. If it was a bigger player/team perhaps more would have been made of it
 
Cricket Australia Statement from James Sutherland

Cricket Australia CEO, James Sutherland, has today issued the following statement in regards to accusations and reporting of unfair play in the Test Match against India that concluded in Bengaluru yesterday.

“I find the allegations questioning the integrity of Steve Smith, the Australian Team and the dressing room, outrageous,” said Mr Sutherland.

“Steve is an outstanding cricketer and person, and role model to many aspiring cricketers and we have every faith that there was no ill-intent in his actions.

“We reject any commentary that suggests our integrity was brought into disrepute or that systemic unfair tactics are used, and stand by Steve and the Australian Cricketers who are proudly representing our country.”

ENDS
 
What smith did was wrong he should apologize there should be some warnings to him and other players.I m with kohli in this one.
 
Struggling to make sense of it. Either ridiculous ignorance of rules or blatant disregard for them, neither of which is expected from a top cricketer and captain of a major test playing nation.
 
MenInG said:
Cricket Australia Statement from James Sutherland

Cricket Australia CEO, James Sutherland, has today issued the following statement in regards to accusations and reporting of unfair play in the Test Match against India that concluded in Bengaluru yesterday.

“I find the allegations questioning the integrity of Steve Smith, the Australian Team and the dressing room, outrageous,” said Mr Sutherland.

“Steve is an outstanding cricketer and person, and role model to many aspiring cricketers and we have every faith that there was no ill-intent in his actions.

“We reject any commentary that suggests our integrity was brought into disrepute or that systemic unfair tactics are used, and stand by Steve and the Australian Cricketers who are proudly representing our country.”

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:)) Is it just me who finds that statement extremely arrogant and obnoxious.

It's almost reads like "How dare you accuse Sir Steven Elanor Smith of cheating?!? This is a complete and utter outrage!!".....

....but yea the cameras totally caught Smith cheating :inzi

Can't argue with Kohli on this one.

Kohli is a passionate cricketer who plays with his heart on his sleeve & as a result of this, he has done some silly stuff, himself (e.g. ball tampering) - kind of like Boom Boom :afridi. However, that does not change the fact that in this instance Kohli was completely correct and he had every right to get annoyed at Smith and raise his concern with the umpire.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Struggling to make sense of it. Either ridiculous ignorance of rules or blatant disregard for them, neither of which is expected from a top cricketer and captain of a major test playing nation.
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Ab tak 56, I thought you took VRS? Anyway welcome back, Smith sounded defensive, looks like Aussies ki chori pakdi gayi :runaway:
 
It's hardly the crime of the century - look at tennis, even Federer, Nadal, Djokovic etc look up to their box at times before using the challenge system.
 
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disappointed in Smith, could have done this a lot better. He should have spoken to the non striker while the non striker looked over his shoulder at the players room for a signal. Aus need to work this out a bit better but watching Kholi go into melt down turning purple and flailing his arms around crying to the umpies was a funny moment in all the carry ons. Something simple like the new batsman standing up would mean don't go for the review and if he is sitting down the go for the review.
 
Gilly said:
disappointed in Smith, could have done this a lot better. He should have spoken to the non striker while the non striker looked over his shoulder at the players room for a signal. Aus need to work this out a bit better but watching Kholi go into melt down turning purple and flailing his arms around crying to the umpies was a funny moment in all the carry ons. Something simple like the new batsman standing up would mean don't go for the review and if he is sitting down the go for the review.
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Lehman might start emulating this tip from next test ... lol
 
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