International Cricket Council (ICC) have introduced Decision Review System (DRS) for the first time in 2008 when India played against Sri Lanka. However, the system seems to be a tricky thing for BCCI over the past few years.
The BCCI are the only board who have so far not adopted for DRS and have strongly objected the system in the recent years due to the flaws present in the system which have hurt Indian Team a couple of times in the recent past.
DRS uses three technologies which include hotspot technology to detect if there was an edge of the bat, snico for the audio evidence and hawk eye system in case of LBW decisions. The BCCI have raised concerns against Hawk-Eye system within the DRS which they still want the error rate to decrease in order to accept DRS.
Except for India, all the other test playing nations have been using DRS system. However, Virat Kohli has recently admitted that he is not against DRS and would be open to using it anytime. BCCI have not opted for DRS in the recently concluded test series against New Zealand. But the board are thinking to implement the system against England when they tour India next month.
BCCI wants an improved DRS system and ICC are making their attempts to convince BCCI about the technology. The ICC General Manager Geoff Allardice is expected to submit a presentation on upgraded DRS before the BCCI in Delhi on October 20. The meeting will have the likes of BCCI president Anurag Thakur, Anil Kumble and Test skipper Virat Kohli in attendance.
“We are open to DRS if they (ICC) could show that system is improved,” said Thakur on Sunday. “Kumble, who is also heading ICC Cricket Committee, has studied the report of Massachusetts Institute of Technology report on DRS. The ICC GM will make a presentation. After that only we can say whether DRS is acceptable to us or not,” said Thakur.