BANGALORE, India (Reuters)
England batsman Michael Vaughan said he was disappointed India appealed for his dismissal after being given out handled the ball on the first day of the third Test on Wednesday.

Vaughan's bizarre exit - he became only the seventh batsman in Test history to get out this way - for 64 led to an English middle-order collapse as they fell from 206 for 3 to 219 for 6 before closing on 255 without further loss.

"It was just a natural thing to do. I'm just a bit disappointed that they appealed," Vaughan told reporters.

"Maybe I shouldn't have done it in hindsight, but I expected Sarandeep to be more sporting."

Vaughan missed a sweep against the offspinner and, as the ball dropped in front of his pad, he put his hand on it and rolled it back.

Offspinner Sarandeep Singh, at the far end of the wicket and perhaps not sure whether the ball was threatening the wicket, made a belated appeal and the umpire had no option but to rule the batsman out.

Law 33 states that a batsman may not handle the ball without the consent of the fielding side.

"I thought I was only helping the fielders," Vaughan said.

He is only the second English batsman after Graham Gooch to be dismissed like this in Tests and the first since Australian skipper Steve Waugh in Madras earlier this year.

"There are just seven people on the list. I certainly won't do it again. I'm not going to be on that list again," Vaughan said.

The Yorkshire batsman, who had put on a century stand with Mark Ramprakash, said if he faced the situation again he would kick the ball to short leg.

Ramprakash, meanwhile, clearly did not think Vaughan had a leg to stand on.

Vaughan said: "I was just bemused by the whole situation. I was just asking him (Ramprakash) if there was any chance of my being reinstated. Obviously, he said: 'No, get out.'"

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