Stokes: HawkEye ‘glitch' let us down

BEN Stokes felt England were let down by technology at a crucial moment as they slipped to a series-levelling defeat - but refused to blame it for the loss.

- RORY DOLLARD

The tourists were bowled out for 292 on day four of the second Test in Visakhapatnam, going down by 106 runs.

Opener Zak Crawley looked the man most likely to do something special and his dismissal for 73 just before lunch turned the game decisively in India's favour.

Kuldeep Yadav's lbw shout was initially turned down by experienced umpire Marais Erasmus, who judged the ball to missing leg stump, but DRS surprisingly ruled in the bowler's favour when balltracking suggested it was going on to hit.

England lost Jonny Bairstow in the next over and never quite recovered, with Stokes making it clear he felt Crawley was the victim of a HawkEye glitch.

"My personal opinion is that the technology has gone wrong on this occasion," the England captain said.

"Technology in the game is obviously there and everyone has an understanding of the reasons it can never be 100 per cent. That's why we have the 'umpire's call, that's why it's in place.