BCCI will only accept 'foolproof' DRS

It’s been five years since DRS was first used in trial form in a Test match between India and Sri Lanka in August 2008. Not much has changed since then as umpires continue to make erroneous judgments, forcing the teams to say the technology is not quite up to the job. BCCI has always r esisted the use of DRS in matches involving India, adding fuel to the debate over the board’s overwhelming power to influence ICC decisions in its favour. 

Following the fresh row over the effectiveness of DRS, sparked by umpiring howlers in the ongoing Ashes series between England and Australia, the Indian cricket board once again cleared its stand of accepting only ‘foolproof,’ DRS method. ‘We will accept DRS when technology is foolproof. There’s nothing in between.,’ said interim BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya. 

Admitting he isn’t sure when the system would become perfect, Dalmiya said, ‘Let them come up with a system which is 100 per cent correct. They couldn’t fix the Duckworth-Lewis problem in 15 years, what guarantee do we have about an error-free DRS? The Duckworth-Lewis method is beyond most of the players and administrators, let alone the common fans.‘I’m still trying to figure out how a team total is increased on the basis of projection. The whole process is very complicated and confusing. And rather than solving the riddle, DRS creates more confusion in its present form,’ said Dalmiya, who’s also a former chairman of the ICC.Dalmiya said India was not isolated on DRS at the ICC annual conference this year. ‘Before going to the ICC meeting, I was a bit ‘iffy’ as I was told by some quarters India would be completely isolated on the DRS issue. But after I was done with my presentation on that day, there was not a single voice of protest,’ he added.