BCCI relent as DRS made mandatory


Under force from the international society, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has altered its stance to accept the modified version of Decision Review System.

Reports recommended that the cash rich Indian Board ran out of friends in the international cricket community and the ICC was all locate to give the DRS a go ahead, intervening the BCCI, in its annual general convention in Hong Kong.

That means the much debate system will be in place for the England-India series with some modification.

But, the Hawk Eye, which tracks the path of the delivery, will not be part of the established DRS.

The ICC's Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) took the choice on the second day of the five-day annual conference in Hong Kong.

"The CEC generally optional universal standards for the usage of technology in decision-making (Decision Review System) in all Test matches and One-Day Internationals subject to availability and commercial consideration. The agreed standards will include infra-red cameras and audio-tracking devices," the ICC's official statement read.

The CEC also decided that further self-governing and expert research will be carried out into ball-tracking technology and its accuracy and reliability. The sustained use of ball-tracking technology as a decision-making aid will depend on two-sided agreement between the participate Members.

CEC, which also accepted the Cricket Committee’s proposal to reduce the number of ineffective reviews in ODIs from two to one, thought that this was a step forward as the game embraces the principles of technology.

"The BCCI has always spoken its readiness to hug technology, for the betterment of the game. However, the current ball-tracking technology, on which the DRS system is base, is not satisfactory to the Board," BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement.

"The CEC also decided that the continued use of the ball-tracking technology as a decision-making aid will depend on the two-sided arrangement between the participate teams," he added.

The obligatory terms and conditions for the DRS will now consist of thermal imaging or Hot Spot and sound technology. The ball-tracker has been removed from the ICC's original necessary list of DRS technologies.

India had last used the DRS in 2008 next to Sri Lanka.

"The leg-before choice for the series (England-India) will be totally that of the on-field umpire," BCCI president Shashank Manohar said.

A decision about how the cost of using the DRS technology will be separated is set to be taken later. According to the ICC that figure is close to US$5000 per day, with a maximum of US$25,000 being exhausted on DRS per Test.

However, BCCI vice-president Niranjan Shah had said that the cost of by the DRS was US$60,000 per match.

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