Let's talk about the DRS

[Cricket Tragic]

The BCCI is happy with Hot Spot. Why not have it on its own? It would help with edges to the keeper/SL/SP and also inside edges for the LBW.

Exactly what they've done.

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Is the DRS implementable in its current form and has it moved too far away from its initial purpose of eliminating howlers? More...

[The Outsider]

I've read a lot of posts on ICF regarding how "We've lost the right to complain" after BCCI (possibly at the behest of a few players in the national team) has opposed DRS. Any time there is poor umpiring and a decision against India is pointed out there is this view point taken by some fans and also TV anchors and commentators that Indians should not complain about it. But why? If an individual or a group of cricket followers from India want DRS to be implemented and give umpires the benefit of technology, why can't they complain about poor decisions. I did not have any say in the BCCI's stance on DRS. I am not opposed to Hawk Eye. Why should I bear the burden of BCCI or Dhoni's stance on DRS and Hawk Eye?

[jairamesh]

Yes

[ravishingravi]

We then go into a rabbit hole of who control's cricket ? What is BCCI's true legislative status vis a vis Indian cricket ? Does it belong to people or BCCI ? Is or should their decision be binding ? I think Mariyam should steo in here

[spectre]

I think, because of BCCI, the UDRS is made mandatory with hotspot technology ( if i read it right). Actually that's a good thing. I was never a big fan of that hawk-eye.

[Brainfade]

"As a nation"? "burden"? It's just a game ... simple entertainment. It's not like you're paying higher taxes or something.

[vvvslaxman]

With or without UDRS nobody loses right to complain about bad umpiring. Been that way for 100 plus years. Because even with UDRS umpires can still make howlers and get away due to the fact one team is running out of referrals.

[mishra]

Baba, We are fans.... For me whatever our players say.... That is unquestionably "allways more correct" then whatever anyone else (player,ATG,Borad reporter fan) say... So it just cant be a burden at all. No way...:giggle:

[EnterTheVoid]

It's the hypocrisy that people are fed up with. Even the most patriotic fan with tri colored blinkers will find it difficult to defend India's position. Bloody sook and cry buckets over poor umpiring but oppose every effort to make umpiring easier on the basis of some bullshit technicalities.

[The Outsider]

"As a nation"? "burden"? It's just a game ... simple entertainment. It's not like you're paying higher taxes or something.

Yeah, a bit dramatic, I know. :winky: But the underlying point still remains that 'I' did not say no to DRS or Hawk Eye - why then if 'I' complain about a poor umpiring decision should 'I' hear that "It's you who opposed their usage".

[VRV Singh]

It's becoming the troll's cop-out for poor umpiring

[f.b.m]

Yeah, a bit dramatic, I know. :winky: But the underlying point still remains that 'I' did not say no to DRS or Hawk Eye - why then if 'I' complain about a poor umpiring decision should 'I' hear that "It's you who opposed their usage".

Yep. Its collectivist garbage thought at its worst. Gotta learn to ignore that sort of bs.

[Academite]

I've read a lot of posts on ICF regarding how "We've lost the right to complain" after BCCI (possibly at the behest of a few players in the national team) has opposed DRS. Any time there is poor umpiring and a decision against India is pointed out there is this view point taken by some fans and also TV anchors and commentators that Indians should not complain about it. But why? If an individual or a group of cricket followers from India want DRS to be implemented and give umpires the benefit of technology, why can't they complain about poor decisions. I did not have any say in the BCCI's stance on DRS. I am not opposed to Hawk Eye. Why should I bear the burden of BCCI or Dhoni's stance on DRS and Hawk Eye?

I dont think a team or its fan (India in this case) should lose the right to complain for poor umpiring irrespective of DRS being used or not. Moreover, DRS or not, we should demand for better umpiring.

[punjabi_khota]

Abbe you got a job in TOI ? :wall:

[The Outsider]

Abbe you got a job in TOI ? :wall:

No job these days, yaar - but going to India next week so you guys will miss my trolling!

[BERGKAMP]

What a bunch of cowards, this is a case where BCCI power is being abused and the game suffers because of it. There should be a vote between the test nations and if majority agree then it should be fully implemented with ICC covering all costs.

The ICC has ended the mandatory use of DRS and reverted to its pre-June position, by which its use will be subject to bilateral agreements between the participating boards. The organisation's executive board, which met in Dubai on October 10, also approved the new Associates and Affiliates qualifying system for the 2015 World Cup, agreed to make the findings of the independent governance review panel public, and expressed a preference for a Test Championship in 2013. The decision on the DRS marks a reversal from the agreement reached between the ICC and its member boards at the annual conference in Hong Kong, when Hot Spot was made mandatory subject to availability and the use of ball-tracking was left to the playing boards to decide. However, the ICC's executive board said the DRS would still be used in all ICC global events and that they support the use of technology and would continue to work on its development. "Although the DRS improves correct umpire decisions by around five per cent and corrects any blatant errors, there are some who are not convinced by its reliability," Haroon Lorgat, the ICC's chief executive, said in a release. "We will continue to work with interested parties to improve the system while permitting the participating teams to decide whether they wish to use it or not." The change in the regulations for the DRS followed the BCCI's criticism of Hot Spot during India's series in England. At the board's annual general meeting last month, president N Srinivasan said the current technology was simply not good enough after Hot Spot proved inconclusive on a few occasions on the tour, and that the board would raise the issue at the next ICC meeting. India's captain MS Dhoni also voiced his displeasure at the handling of the DRS on more than one occasion on the same tour, with Rahul Dravid in particular falling victim to three controversial dismissals.

[asterix]

Yayyyy! :aha:

[rkt.india]

You cannot blame not BCCI for using it. Hot spot cameras are not available and unreliable. I think DRS should be removed and give more rights to third umpire to correct blatant howlers by on-field umpires.

[IKnowU]

I hope India suffer