Thursday night's umpiring error by S Ravi, when he failed to put a no ball on the ball of Lasith Malinga, who allowed Mumbai Indians to win a win on the Royal Challengers Bangalore, still on the standard of umpiring on the Indian domestic circuit A cruel debate has ignited. .
It also raised a question which has appeared a lot in the past - when there is access to video footage, then why are the third umpires not being instructed to interfere and any mistake can improve? Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma actually asked for such a move in his post-game comments
The events in Bangalore have created a lot of discussions, but they are definitely not a big disappointment.
After the 25 wrestlers in the 2017 edition of the tournament, the BCCI started the DRS in the previous IPL season. However, while abolishing the controversial decisions, the use of technology also highlighted the poor standard of umpiring on the Indian circuit. In the first nine matches, seven decisions were taken with the help of DRS.
A string of no-ball errors were encountered in the previous season - Tom Curren and Andrew Tie were called for overstepping in two separate matches, when TV replays showed that their foot had landed well within the line. Umpire Vineet Kulkarni had refused to reply to a Shardul Thakur ball in the last session, which was clearly as a free-hit on top of Ken Williamson's waist. These examples only gave freedom to intervene to increase calls for TV umpires and dropped a no-ball (or reversed the way in the case of bumrah), even when the on-field umpires did not make the decision It was a wish.
With the Ranji Trophy, India's leading first class competition, due to repeated umpiring disputes, due to poor umpiring standards, there is no new conversation in Indian cricket.
Some former umpires have criticized the BCCI for not conducting the annual medical examination, while some BCCI's decision to distribute matches between lower level umpires has come down hard because they have less pay packages than the best options available. Demand.
Many times, the BCCI needs to adjust the umpires from every field without knowing the standard of umpiring in the zone. While officiating in the Ranji Trophy, the umpires said that without the proper facilities the busy schedules obstruct their decision.
In 2017, on-field umpires Nitin Menon and CK Nandan failed to tell that David Warner faced the first ball of the sixth over of the sixth over and then the seventh ball against Mumbai Indians. Another breakthrough last year was when the umpires failed to notice that Ben Laughlin bowled seven balls in the 12th over in the match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Although at present a third umpire can only hear his decision, when he is called, perhaps the need of time is to open double-sided communication, where the TV umpire can take steps to prevent such situations from the bowlers of your face Will survive.
The problem is not limited to India alone. In the third T20I, a series of rides between Bangladesh and West Indies in December last, proceedings of the controversial no-ball call by umpire Tanvir Ahmed. The umpire called Ocheen Thomas out in the fourth over of the innings
Ripley later confirmed that Thomas had part of his foot behind the line, which was very angry inside the West Indies camp. Although Carlos wanted to reference Braithwaet's decision, match referee Jeff Crowe turned down his appeal. Tanveer mistakenly termed Thomas as another noball, in which two free-hits were sent for sixes.
Although the West Indies managed to win the game, Thakur's no-ball that was not called last year became a turning point as SRH lost the game by 4 runs. Due to the competition of small margins of T20, such mistakes can often be the difference between winning and losing. With on-field umpires, there is no reason to ask for confirmation of no-ball after the wicket falls, that they can not go up otherwise.
The third umpire should have the mandate to bring back on-field umpires immediately in case of error. After every delivery, the bowlers' land can be made available to the TV umpire, which can then show results to their on-field allies. As the noted commentator Harsha Bhogale suggested, this ritual can go on between childbirth, when the bowler has completed his delivery, so that the time spent watching and viewing the video tape can be reduced.
These measures will not only reduce the pressure on on-field umpires, after seeing their errors on the big screen, can come under tremendous pressure for the balance of the clash, but will make a long way to ensure mistakes Less than
