Stokes says Hawk-Eye got Crawley decision wrong

Crawley on 73 when he was struck on the pad by Kuldeep Yadav – the initial not-out decision was controversially overturned on review

England captain Ben Stokes sparked controversy by claiming that the technology was “wrong” when it gave Zak Crawley out in a crucial moment before England slipped to a series-levelling 106-run defeat to India.
The tourists made 292, the second-highest fourth innings score by a visiting team in India, but fell to defeat to a Jasprit Bumrah-inspired India in the second Test.
England lost two wickets in five balls on the stroke of lunch, with both involving the Decision Review System. The first, the excellent Crawley leg-before to Kuldeep Yadav, was questionable in Stokes’s view. 
A HUGE blow for England with Zak Crowley 𝗼𝘂𝘁 for 73 🏏#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/wIyjYIkA7L
The umpire Marais Erasmus turned down India’s appeal, but their review showed the ball to be hitting leg-stump. Stokes felt it would not have done so, but refused to blame the technology for England’s defeat, despite Crawley batting beautifully on 73 and the game being well poised at the time.
“Technology in the game is obviously there and everyone has an understanding of the reasons it can never be 100 per cent which is why we have the umpire’s call,” said Stokes.
“That’s why it’s in place. When it’s not 100 per cent, I don’t think it’s unfair for someone to say ‘I think the technology has got it wrong on this occasion’. And that is my personal opinion. I will say that. But in a game full of ifs, buts and maybes, I am not going to say that the reason why we haven’t got the result we wanted. I’m just saying my personal opinion is that the technology has gone wrong on this occasion, and I think that’s fair to say.”
The ICC declined to comment on Stokes’ remarks.
Stokes was happy with England’s approach to the chase and their performance in the game, especially his young spin attack, who lost Jack Leach and Joe Root to injury.
“Being 2-0 up would be great for us, but that’s the great thing about five-match series,” he said. “It’s the end of the series where everything counts. We’re a very level-headed team and that allows us to put things behind us, move on to the next thing and concentrate there. Last week we were pretty level even though we’d achieved something pretty special. We recognised that but we didn’t get too high. It’ll be the same this week, in the changing room we’re still very upbeat about some of the great stuff we’ve managed to do albeit not getting the result we wanted to.
“You look at especially how yesterday’s events went and I asked a lot of spinners who have six Tests between them. Bowling India out after Jimmy Anderson got those two wickets was an incredible effort. They just kept coming and coming at India. Those three in particular should hold their heads high.”
While Root recovered from a finger injury to bat, a number of England players – including Ollie Pope, Ben Foakes and Tom Hartley – woke up unwell on Monday as a virus hit the camp.
“There’s a bit of a virus going around, it’s not an excuse for the result or anything, because it’s a game full of ifs, buts and maybes,” said Stokes. “It’s something that is not ideal. You obviously want everyone to be 100 per cent and feeling great. But proud that the guys who were feeling under the weather didn’t shy away from anything they needed to do and gave it their best.”
Another pivotal moment in the chase saw Stokes run out in peculiar circumstances as he failed to set off quickly enough or dive to beat Shreyas Iyer’s dive.
Shreyas Iyer take a bow 👏Magic in the field ✨#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/mP2oieOXIj
“It was like I was in a dream where you try to run faster but you can’t,” he smiled ruefully. “I knew I had to run faster but for some reason I couldn’t. It was a bizarre couple of seconds. You’d think by now, at 32, I’d have learned not to do that. It’s not the first time I’ve been run out like that and done something stupid. I always seem to be a talking point whether good or bad.”
There is now a nine-day break before the third Test in Rajkot, during which England will travel to Abu Dhabi for a spell with their families, before returning to India next week.