Sunil Gavaskar and VVS Laxman on Tuesday criticised Australian skipper Steve Smith for seeking the dressing room's input for a DRS referral in the second Test against India, saying it violated the spirit of the game.
Asked about the incident which quickly turned into a full blown controversy, Gavaskar said, "A lot of people was talking regarding this at the commentary box that the Australians looked up to the dressing room to get input from their computer guy whether they should go for referral or not.
"It was quite blatant and Peter Handscomb suggested to Smith and then Smith asked the guy at the dressing room. I don't think that was in the spirit of the game. We have to see what the ICC and Match Referee do," Gavaskar said.
"You have to take a decision on a DRS within 15 seconds on your own. I have not seen other earlier incidents but I saw it clearly when Smith did that on Tuesday, he was clearly gesturing to the dressing room," said Gavaskar further.
Former India batsmen VVS Laxman and Aakash Chopra have also come down hard on Smith on the issue.
"Really disappointed with the way @stevesmith49 looked @ the dressing room 2 take a review. Totally against the spirit of the game??" Laxman tweeted.