When are the ICC going to say to India, “You are playing by our rules, you are using the DRS like everyone else.” Is there any other sport that allows a country to tell them what rules they want to play under?
India have a huge population and generate more money for the cricket than anyone else. In short, the ICC needs them.
But India need everyone else too.
Australia, England and South Africa are their main competition, and the countries they make the most money playing against.
These nations could stand up to India, but they have their own bottom line to look after, and it shouldn’t be left to them.
It’s time cricket’s international body stood up and said, “You are doing it our way, if you don’t like it, there is the front door.”
India’s argument that they won’t use the DRS because it isn’t perfect is flawed – the reality may be it is too accurate for them.
While their argument that the umpire should make the decisions without videos is valid and fair, you cannot tell the ICC that this is the way you want to do it when everyone else is doing something else.
Using DRS should be a blanket rule, not a ‘pick and choose’ situation.
The ICC needs to stand up to India. But given their history, don’t expect them to.
Timmuh
Roar Guru
The ICC can't tell India anything. The ICC is owned by the BCCI and its chosen subsidiaries, CA and the ECB. India is more powerful than every other nation combined. DRS will get scrapped in its entirety before any nation can force India into anything. If DRS gets used in India matches, it will be because the BCCI deem they are disadvantaged without it. It is only in ICC run competitions because that was in place before the coup.
Andy
Guest
I actually really dont mind having or not having DRS, it seems to offer nothing. When we play with it or without it there are contentious decisions. DRS has never been used for what we claim its for, that is to remove the howler, it has sometimes been used to remove a howler yes but its just as often not been used because the team has run out of challenges. Its used almost all the time for borderline calls that are dependent, usually, on what the umpire originally said. Its a fun technology but i dont see that it was actually brought anything more to the sport except it allows the players on the field to argue about the decision right away as opposed to seeing the replay at the end of play. For us watching from home we have always 'known' something was out or not right away from the commentary and instant replays for ages.
Craig Swanson
Guest
Show some backbone ICC and tell the BCCI where to get off.
ozinsa
Guest
I'm totally perplexed with how Dhoni's comments after the first ODI essentially suggesting that the umpires were cheating avoided sanction. Am I just biased or would the same comments by Smith have produced a very different response from the authorities? -- Comment from The Roar's iPhone app.
TommyH
Guest
Nothing gets in the way of capitalism mate, but yeah your so right but its about time some real people stood up to this nonsense !