DRS hogs too much of the spotlight
The ICC’s inaction and the BCCI’s arm-twisting tactics have left cricket in a situation where the use of technology is not uniform across series, Kunal Pradhan says in the Mumbai Mirror
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
The ICC’s inaction and the BCCI’s arm-twisting tactics have left cricket in a situation where the use of technology is not uniform across series, Kunal Pradhan says in the Mumbai Mirror. This leaves players feeling cheated and people talking more about the DRS than the actual cricket, he says. The solution Pradhan offers is for the ICC to insist on a uniform system and if they decide not to use the technology currently available to invest in further research to develop technology that will make the game more fair.
Therefore, on the topic of the Decision Review System in cricket, which has been analysed threadbare this year, going over the merits and demerits of every component – Hawk-Eye, Hot Spot and Snicko – comes later. First, the world cricket governing body (the ICC, not the BCCI) needs to take a call on whether ensuring that results of close matches are not altered and peoples’ careers not cut short by inadvertent human errors, is important to it or not. If it is, it should evaluate the technology available and ascertain if it offers a solution. If it does, the ICC should take a vote of its member nations and decide for or against implementing the rule, irrespective of what the BCCI, or any other minority group, no matter how rich, may have to say about it.
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo