Chester-le-Street, Sept 5: The first ODI between England and India may have been abandoned without a result due to rain, but the match was not without its moments. The Indian batting line-up – minus key players Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh – fired on all cylinders to post a competitive total of 274 runs on the board after being put in to bat. On the downside, India lost another player to injury as Rohit Sharma, Man-of-the-Series on the tour to West Indies, fractured his finger after being struck by a Stuart Broad delivery.

Earlier, comeback man Rahul Dravid was once again given out courtesy the Decision Review System (DRS) by third umpire Marais Erasmus despite the evidence that Hot Spot presented. Stuart Broad had asked for a DRS after on-field umpire Billy Doctrove had ruled Dravid not out; the third umpire remarkably reversed the decision.

Speaking about the unfortunate incident in a post-match media-conference, Dhoni was quoted as saying, "There were quite a few things [wrong]. There was no mark when it comes to Hot Spot."

"There was no visual deflection as such and the umpire had given [Dravid] not out. So I felt the benefit of doubt always goes to the batsman,” he elaborated.

"I still don't know how exactly they gave him out.

"Whether it was Snicko, whether that is allowed to be used, or the audio technician gave him out or the third umpire gave him out [is debatable]," Dhoni said, clearly perplexed.

While DRS is under some scrutiny on the back of some questionable decisions, Dhoni wondered whether the long-standing rule of giving the batsman the benefit of doubt was no longer being applied.

Expressing concern, he added, "That is especially the case when there's doubt and if [there is any] [the decision] should go to the batsman. That is the way the rule always was."

"I think there are still a fair amount of questions that need to be asked when it comes to DRS," he added.

Speaking about calling in replacements for the injury-ridden Indian team, he said, "We are almost certainly going to have to call more replacements."

"We thought maybe the ODIs would be different but right from the very start we've missed Sachin to start [the innings] and now Rohit gets injured,” he said.

"We might have to call on 15 new players because it seems like we have already had to do that. In this series, right from the first Test match, injuries have been a big part.”

"You always want to play with your best 11. At times you don't get the best 11 with injuries but I think we have gone down hard,” he said.

"It has become quite tough because the conditions are a bit different; it's not home so it's a bit harder over here," he admitted.