TIL Desk Sports/ Terming the introduction of DRS in a a bilateral series in India a “positive step”, cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar today said the BCCI can adopt it on permanent basis if they are convinced with the modified review system and called for the technology to be standardised across the world. The Indian Cricket Board last month ended its long-standing opposition to the Decision Review System, and agreed to its usage on a trial basis during the ongoing home Test series against England.
Asked whether the BCCI should adopt it on a permanent basis, Tendulkar told, “If BCCI have studied well and they are convinced with this (modifications in DRS), then why not, I think it’s a positive step.” He added, “The whole thing was about having consistency everywhere in the world… because I noticed that one change – snekometer in one part of the world and the other part of the world was Hotspot.
“There was no uniformity. When you play Test cricket, there are certain things (which) need to be standardised everywhere in the world and when DRS is actually now as good as part of, norm of cricket, literary into that, then it should be standardised everywhere in the world.” “So whichever match you are playing, one should not be asking okay what will be happening, is snekometer available or Hotspot available (or not), it should be standardised.” The 43-year-old Tendulkar said that DRS was all about getting the decisions right.
