Team India refutes umpire's allegations
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BRIDGETOWN: Indian players are bemused over the controversy raging around umpire Daryl Harper's retirement and their perceived role in the entire episode.
Even the adoption of a modified Decision Review System (DRS) by the ICC has pushed them unfairly into the limelight, feel the cricketers.
Clearing the air, some Team India members have rejected allegations made by Harper that their on-field behaviour smacks of arrogance and brashness.
Harper's comment that he didn't get along well with MS Dhoni because of the Indian captain's attitude naturally hasn't gone down well. "Most of us are known to get along very well with international umpires like Ian Gould, Asad Rauf, Simon Taufeland Aleem Dar among others," said a team source, adding: "We don't even want to talk about this issue."
On the use of the DRS, senior players have pointed out an inherent contradiction in the system - while using the DRS, they have the right to question the umpire's decision but otherwise they dare not speak against errors.
"It's like this... you buy technology and then you get a couple of chances to question the umpire's decision. If you don't buy technology, you just live with what the umpire decides for you," says a team member.
"If the spirit of the game has to be maintained, why give the player any such advantage? Just allow the umpires to ask for a review if they're not sure about the decision. And if the players have to ask for a review, why give them a choice of only three chances? In the first Test, we suffered six times because of bad decisions," he added.
Players also find it strange that the financial aspect of DRS-use has not been specified yet.
At $56,000 per match-day cost, who is willing to bear the expenses? The member boards? Broadcasters? Sponsors? And will anything happen unless BCCI comes on board and agrees to the implementation?
Even the adoption of a modified Decision Review System (DRS) by the ICC has pushed them unfairly into the limelight, feel the cricketers.
Clearing the air, some Team India members have rejected allegations made by Harper that their on-field behaviour smacks of arrogance and brashness.
Harper's comment that he didn't get along well with MS Dhoni because of the Indian captain's attitude naturally hasn't gone down well. "Most of us are known to get along very well with international umpires like Ian Gould, Asad Rauf, Simon Taufeland Aleem Dar among others," said a team source, adding: "We don't even want to talk about this issue."
On the use of the DRS, senior players have pointed out an inherent contradiction in the system - while using the DRS, they have the right to question the umpire's decision but otherwise they dare not speak against errors.
"It's like this... you buy technology and then you get a couple of chances to question the umpire's decision. If you don't buy technology, you just live with what the umpire decides for you," says a team member.
"If the spirit of the game has to be maintained, why give the player any such advantage? Just allow the umpires to ask for a review if they're not sure about the decision. And if the players have to ask for a review, why give them a choice of only three chances? In the first Test, we suffered six times because of bad decisions," he added.
Players also find it strange that the financial aspect of DRS-use has not been specified yet.
At $56,000 per match-day cost, who is willing to bear the expenses? The member boards? Broadcasters? Sponsors? And will anything happen unless BCCI comes on board and agrees to the implementation?
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