Australia vs India
26 December 2014
Rohit Sharma edged Josh Hazlewood to Brad Haddin during the 2014 Boxing Day Test but umpire Rod Tucker gave it not out. Australia's DRS review showed a spike on UltraEdge but the decision was upheld as inconclusive. Rohit went on to score 99 as India drew.
New Zealand vs India
2014-02-06
Trent Boult's left-arm swing against Virat Kohli during New Zealand's 2014 home series — using the angle into the right-hander combined with outswing away from the stumps — produced the blueprint for how swing bowling could repeatedly beat Kohli's outside-edge-happy driving game.
England vs India
2014-07-09
Stuart Broad's specific plan to exploit Virat Kohli's drive outside off stump during India's 2014 England tour — taking his wicket four times in the series through the same channel — contributed to Kohli's disastrous tour (134 runs at 13.4) and a rare period of sustained vulnerability for the world's future number-one batsman.
BCCI/ECB/CA vs Rest of Cricket World
2014-01-28
India, England, and Australia's 2014 seizure of disproportionate ICC revenue and governance power — formalising the 'Big Three' structure — was presented as a financial stability measure but created a governance model condemned by every other cricketing nation as deeply unfair.
India vs Sri Lanka
2014-11-13
Rohit Sharma made 264 not out off 173 balls at Eden Gardens against Sri Lanka — the highest individual score in ODI cricket history, including 33 fours and 9 sixes in an innings of controlled, extraordinary brilliance.
New Zealand vs India
2014-02-15
Brendon McCullum made 302 against India in Wellington — New Zealand's first ever Test triple century — batting with the same attacking freedom he brought to captaincy and T20 cricket, becoming the fastest player to reach 300 in Tests at the time.