“Just woke up to barrage of abuse from India...What are they going to be like when they lose this Test?" tweeted former England captain Michael Vaughan after a controversy erupted in the second India-England Test when VVS Laxman was accused of using Vaseline on his bat to manipulate the Hot-Spot technology in the Decision Review System.

“Has Vaseline on the outside edge saved the day for Laxman?” tweeted Vaughan after Laxman was ruled not out by third umpire after the Decision Review System (DRS) was pressed into action by England in the first session of play.

The Indian batsman was on 27, in the total 48 for 1, when the last delivery of James Anderson's ninth over passed his bat. The bowler and the rest of England players promptly went up in appeal for a catch behind the stumps and began gathering around the batsman.

As umpire Asad Rauf ruled in Laxman's favour, England skipper Andrew Strauss went for DRS but that too didn't favour the home side. Kevin Pietersen and Laxman were seen getting into a bit of an argument and later Stuart Broad told mediapersons his side was convinced it was a nick.

“Players feel Hot Spot sometimes doesn't show faint edges. It's a bit of a flaw,” stated Broad. But what kept the controversy lingering was the Vaughan tweet which virtually accused Laxman of wrong-doing since Vaseline or any liquid on the bat don't show up on the hot-spot technology. Broad actually went ahead and checked Laxman's bat if there was any Vaseline or liquid applied to it.