Former England skipper Michael Vaughan has branded India’s behavior following the DRS decision to overturn Dean Elgar’s dismissal as a ‘disgrace’ and called for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to either fine or suspend Virat Kohli. 

On the third day of play in the series decider between India and South Africa in Cape Town, India felt they had got the big wicket of South African skipper, Elgar, when Ravichandran Ashwin trapped him in front of the stumps and umpire Marais Erasmus raised his finger. 

While looking at replays from the naked eye, it felt like the umpire had made the right decision but the ball-tracking technology had a surprise in store for everyone as it showed the ball to be missing the stumps. 

Team India members did not take to the decision kindly and made their frustrations with the host broadcaster evident on the stump-mic with skipper Kohli saying, “Focus on your team as well and not just the opposition, trying to catch people all the time.”

Meanwhile, KL Rahul was heard saying, “Whole country playing against XI guys,” while Ravichandran Ashwin did not hold back and said, “You should find better ways to win Supersport.”

However, Vaughan was not impressed with the reaction of the Indians and said, “I think that is disgraceful from the Indians personally,” 

“Decisions go with you, they go against you, that didn’t go the way they think it should have gone. Virat Kohli is a legend of the game, but that’s not the way to act, that is not the way to act in a game of Test match cricket.

“The ICC have to stamp this down, they have to stamp down on the Indian side, you can’t get away with talking down the stump microphone like Ravi Ashwin has done and the Indian captain has done,” added the ex-England skipper. 

On being asked what action should the ICC take. he asserted, “He needs to be fined, he needs to be suspended.”