Sourav Ganguly seconds BCCI stance on Decision Review System – Cricket News Update
BCCI’s (Board of Control for Cricket in India) opposition of Decision Review System for the Test series against Australia has found support by former Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sourav-Chandidas-Ganguly-c90746.
The former cricketer backed BCCI’s stance of playing without the notorious technology and said that at this point of time the system is not foolproof and should only be implemented when it is proven to be errorless.
Sharing his views in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Ganguly said, “It (DRS) should be introduced if it's correct. We were in England in the summer and it wasn't foolproof.”
Ever since the system was introduced, BCCI has stood against its implementation. DRS technology first came to limelight in 2008 during http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s tour of Sri Lanka.
International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737, came out second best in their journey, losing the three match series 2-1. The Indians failed to make proper use of the
referral system - only one of the 20 referrals they made turned out in their favour.
Referring to the tour, Ganguly said, “We had a terrible experience with that, in that first series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. From that point of view, we had our issues.”
Both the teams, India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Graham-Downton-c44379 Cowan, were mistakenly
given out by the on-field umpires.
Australian media was furious with these decisions and held that both batsmen could have survived in DRS’ presence. The Aussie media also took a dig at the Indian coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-Andrew-Gwynne-Fletcher-c54742, calling him a hypocrite. They also questioned his silence on the subject,
since becoming the Indian coach.
Fletcher was a big supporter of DRS throughout his coaching stint with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. In fact, the coach was the first person who floated the idea of using technology to improve umpiring decision.
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