Calls for review of system after umpiring errors in India-Sri Lanka cricket match

Sri Lanka slumped to an innings and 24-run defeat in the third and final Test.

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Umpiring decisions cost Sri Lanka more than 500 runs and several wickets in their three-Test series against India and the ICC's new review system should be used in all Tests, captain Kumar Sangakkara said on Sunday.

The Sri Lankan skipper called for the new Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) to be made mandatory after his side slumped to an innings and 24-run defeat in the third and final Test.

"This series is probably the best advertisement for having the review system when decisions cost us over 500 runs and a lot of wickets ...," Sangakkara told reporters.

The new system uses ball-tracking technology to review umpire's decisions and two unsuccessful challenges are allowed per innings.

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