CAPTAIN Mahendra Singh Dhoni has repeated India’s displeasure at the way the Decision Review System is implemented after Rahul Dravid’s contentious dismissal in Saturday’s first one-day international with England. Dravid flashed at a Stuart Broad delivery that bowler and wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter were convinced he had hit.
Broad immediately reviewed it, but replays failed to show an obvious deflection while HotSpot failed to detect any contact between bat and ball. Despite that third umpire Marais Erasmus overturned Billy Doctrove’s not out call
“There were quite a few things (wrong). There was no mark when it comes to HotSpot,” said Dhoni.
“There was no visual deflection as such and the umpire had given not out. So I felt the benefit of doubt always goes to the batsman. I still don’t know how exactly they gave him out.”
“Whether it was Snicko, whether that is allowed to be used, or the audio technician gave him out or the third umpire gave him out.”
India have been vocal critics of the effectiveness of the DRS – they have repeatedly vetoed ball-tracking technology and did so during the Test series with England.
But after Saturday’s decision Dhoni said he had also become concerned that the long-standing cricket rule of giving the batsmen the benefit was no longer being applied.
“I think there are still a fair amount of questions that need to be asked when it comes to DRS,” he added.
“That is especially the case when there’s doubt and if that should go to the batsman.
“That is the way the rule always was.” (PA Sport).