By James Dutton For Mailonline
Published: 20:09 BST, 9 June 2019 | Updated: 20:09 BST, 9 June 2019
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David Warner became the fifth batsman at the Cricket World Cup to be handed an unexpected reprieve after his bails failed to be dislodged by the ball on Sunday.
The Australian opener dragged onto his stumps from a Jasprit Bumrah delivery, but the impact failed to remove the zing bails on top, leaving him not out.
He went on to score 56 but could not prevent the Aussies falling to a 36-run defeat by India at The Oval.
David Warner dragged onto his stumps against India but the bails failed to be dislodged
Warner became the fifth batsman to survive being bowled at this year's World Cup
Jasprit Bumrah cannot believe his misfortune after thinking he had snared Warner at The Oval
South Africa's Quinton de Kock, Sri Lankan Dimuth Karunaratne, West Indian Chris Gayle and Mohammad Saifuddin of Bangladesh have already survived similar incidents in this World Cup so far.
Former England captain and Sportsmail columnist Nasser Hussain led the criticism on Twitter, saying: 'This can't keep happening with the bails!!! Hard enough being a bowler nowadays... needs changing.'
Michael Vaughan added: 'Nice era to Bat when you can't get bowled !!!!! These stumps/Zinger bail combination have to be changed'.
Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar also took to Twitter to express his dismay.
'What's going
