The BCCI's aversion to the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) is so deep that it doesn't worry MS Dhoni to speak about it fearlessly
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The BCCI's aversion to the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) is so deep that it doesn't worry MS Dhoni to speak about it fearlessly.
India has never been the first to agree to regulations that don't suit them. When the ambush marketing clause didn't suit the players for the 2002 Champions Trophy, there was a protest. Each time Sourav Ganguly got penalised for slow over-rates, there was drama. When match referee Mike Denness booked six Indian players in South Africa, 2001, he was replaced for the next Test.
The fact is that the Indian players have had a problem with the UDRS ever since they came up with some disastrous results with it during the 2008 tour of Sri Lanka. Since then, the BCCI has refused to embrace the system when it came to a few bilateral series.
Did the International Cricket Council decide to go ahead with decision review technology without the knowledge of the participating countries at the World Cup? If so, then it's wrong. Was the BCCI aware of ICC's plan of implementing such technology and is criticising it now? That's wrong too. In any case, it's probably hard for Dhoni, but sport teaches you to accept decisions and move on.
Yesterday, the BCCI dashed off an angry note to the ICC to protest General Manager Dave Richardson's comments about the need for Dhoni to know the rules pertaining to the decision review system. Their support is emphatic, but it's also interesting to see Board biggies supporting captains who they have a strong connection with. Jagmohan Dalmiya often put his weight behind Bengal man, Ganguly. Now, BCCI secretary
N Srinivasan, also an owner of Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings (CSK), is a pillar of support for his CSK captain Dhoni.
The ICC shouldn't have opted for the UDRS to be used at the World Cup if its accuracy is doubtful. But this is not the time for India to cry. This is the time to go out there and climb every mountain to give the nation its second World Cup cricket triumph.
We must not lose sight of the fact that there were other factors that contributed to India's inability to win against England at Bangalore ufffd over-packed batting unit, slow movers in the field and failure to check a rampaging opposition batting line-up.
That's possibly a bigger system breakdown than the failure of the decision review system.
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