'India needs to lead sensibly'
Former England captain Tony Greig talks to Vijay Tagore in the DNA on India's performance in West Indies so far, why the BCCI shouldn't resist the DRS and the merits and demerits of the IPL
Akhila Ranganna
25-Feb-2013
Former England captain Tony Greig talks to Vijay Tagore in the DNA on India's performance in West Indies so far, why the BCCI shouldn't resist the DRS and the merits and demerits of the IPL.
The official facts say there is an eight per cent improvement when DRS is used. It’s one decision in every innings. If that is the case, then I don’t understand why it is not adopted. India are standing in the way of it. There have been some suggestions that it is because of Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni. I have seen some quotes from N Srinivasan. No one can tell me if Srinivasan knows more about cricket than the ICC cricket committee, which includes people like Mark Taylor. That’s why I am calling for some sensible leadership from India.
Australia have lost cricketers who have retired early. Adam Gilchrist retired because of the IPL. Andrew Symonds left cricket early because of the IPL. There are a few guys from New Zealand. Definitely from Sri Lanka and the West Indies and it will get worse. We have to come up with a sensible argument to make sure that this tournament doesn’t turn out to be detrimental for world cricket.
Akhila Ranganna is assistant editor (Audio) at ESPNcricinfo