Dravid out in first ODI

Rahul Dravid was adjudged caught behind despite there being no clear evidence on the Hot Spot.

Rahul Dravid is going to have a bittersweet memory of what is most likely his last tour of England. He was by far the best Indian batsman on view as the visitors were humbled and whitewashed in the Test series, as a result of which he was summoned out of the blue to give some much-needed stability to India’s limited-overs squad in England. Dravid may have kept England’s brilliant bowling attack at bay so far in the series, but he has failed to do that against the Decision Review System (DRS).

The DRS has played a controversial role in three of Dravid’s dismissals on this tour, the latest being the shocking decision of third umpire Marais Erasmus to reverse on-field umpire Billy Doctrove’s verdict moments earlier in the first match of the one-day series played at Chester-le-Street today. Dravid, who was playing his first ODI since September 2009, had made 2 from six balls, when Stuart Broad’s