DRS controversy continues to engulf the ongoing IND vs ENG Test series. Michael Vaughan has however backed the technology after a few dicey DRS calls that went against England. Though Vaughan approves of technology he claims that improvements too shall be done on the same. He suggested a few changes and wants an ICC official to be present for the integrity.
Vaughan further added that England have made a huge fuss out of the DRS with decisions having not gone their way. He claims that England needs to worry about their game and not blame the DRS for everything.
“The first thing to say is that fundamentally I like technology in the game. But that does not mean we should not be striving for improvements wherever we can. Second, is that I think England have done a bit too much moaning about it in this series,” Michael Vaughan wrote for the The Telegraph.
“Yes, there have been a couple of strange-looking decisions (see the most controversial ones below). Ollie Pope has had a couple of LBWs in the first innings in the last two Tests. Zak Crawley has had a couple too, the one where Kuldeep Yadav trapped him leg-before in Vizag, and the one in Rajkot that saw the match referee seek out Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum to explain that there had been a little error in the pictures shown on screen,” Vaughan added.
Joe Root DRS Controversy
Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma pulled off a stunning DRS call to dismiss Joe Root on Day 3 of the IND vs ENG Ranchi Test. Fans have been left divided questioning – Should DRS be scrapped? This all took place after a DRS call went against England’s star batter Joe Root in Ranchi.
Ashwin’s ball pitched more than 50% inside the leg stump and then the DRS projected that it went to hit the stumps. Thereby forcing on-field umpire’s decision to be overturned. Vaughan suggested that an ICC official should be present to maintain transparency.
“So here is a simple solution to help improve transparency and accountability: stick a camera and microphone in the truck so as a decision is being made, we all know exactly what is going on, and how much humans are involved. And if you stick an ICC official in there as well we would know that the integrity – something we talk so much about in the game – is intact. You could argue that those running the technology in the truck are as important as the two standing umpires,” Vaughan concluded.
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