Why India has double standards over UDRS?
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been at odds with the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) since the introduction of the technology in the international cricket. Ignoring all advantages of the system, the Indian board is opposing it continuously.
On the other hand, the Indians find faults in the decisions of umpires during their match.
One of the recent instance in this regard is the ongoing Test series between India and West Indies. The Indian skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 has lashed out on umpires on the grounds of, what he thinks, wrong decision making, after the 1st Test at Sabina
Park. He argues that the some unfair decisions were made in the Windies’ favour.
This point has given a reason to the UDRS proponents to argue that if India has so much concerns over the decision making process, it should allow the technology. They claim that India has double standards on the review system. At the one hand,it prohibits
the technology and at the other, it is not happy with the decisions that are made by umpires without the system.
The BCCI did not allow the hosts to employ the review system during the series and it had been a matter of severe concerns for the Windies but they accepted it all. The BCCI has once again defied the use of UDRS during the upcoming series between England
and India at the former’s soil. The board has served a notification to the England Cricket Board (ECB), expressing its disagreement with application of the technology.
As per the International Cricket Council (ICC) rule, the UDRS cannot be employed in any game unless both the playing teams give their consent about it.
The Indians have been staunch and active opponents of of the technology since its inception in 2009 as they consider it to be flawed.
The first successful and full-fledged use of the review system was witnessed in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, held in the subcontinent, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 criticised it badly.
Despite the frequent claims by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 officials that the technology has increased the ratio of right decision making to a great extent, India is not ready to accept it.
The major opponent of the system has been the senior Indian players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739.
Team India is set to visit http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the month of July to play a series of 4 Tests, 1 T20 and 5 ODIs.
The English, who are ardent supporters of UDRS and use it in every series, are much disturbed by India’s divergence.
The Indian board also did not allow the technology during the ongoing series between India and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760. After 1 T20 and 2 ODIs have been played, the Caribbean claim that the absence of review process is benefiting the Men in Blue to a great extent.
Team Indian has won all three matches against the Windies.
Some analysts argue that the BCCI is likely to pick up a dispute with the ICC that is set to make the UDRs mandatory in all three formats of the game.
The UDRS was first used on 24 November, 2009 in a Test game between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 at the University of Oval.
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