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MUMBAI: Two days after senior off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and a few former India players came out in support of the much-debated Decision Review System, the Cricket Board maintained today that the referral process in its current form is unacceptable.
“We have always maintained that DRS in its current form is not acceptable to us. Our opposition is to the ball tracking technology and the process by which players have to take the call. Why can’t the third umpire sitting in front of TV screen decide on the referrals,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel told reporters here today.
Patel, who spoke after the Governing Council meeting of the Indian Premier League that was chaired by Ranjib Biswal, said if ICC makes these changes BCCI has been asking for in the DRS, the Indian Board would embrace it.
“If DRS can be brought to near fool-proof, which is not the case now, we will accept it,” said the Baroda-based Patel when asked about the raging debate over referrals following a slew of dubious decisions by the umpires which went mostly against India in the ongoing series against Australia Down Under.
Two days ago Harbhajan had spoken out in favour of DRS which is not in place in the India-Australia series.
