DRS fails when it comes to synchronization of angles

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the only board that has had its reservations against the Decision Review System (DRS). Most teams prefer using the system. However, India has always been on the back foot when it comes to using the DRS. In the ongoing Test series against England, India accepted the use of the technical advancement.

The BCCI believed that the technology lacked accuracy. Hence, it always stood in opposition of the technological support. India rarely made use of the DRS in their bilateral series against the various teams. However, they were forced to use it in the global ICC events such as the World Cups. This was due to the majority vote being in favor of the Decision Review System among the other countries and their boards.

Prior to the commencement of the England series, the BCCI was given a presentation. The presentation aimed at convincing the board that the system has developed a great deal. More importantly, an improved version of the system will be used in the series. The Indian cricket board thereby agreed to use the system but refused to include the hotspot technology in it.

Now, after the conclusion of the third Test between India and England at Mohali, the synchronisation of the DRS angles has come under the scanner. The incident revolved around the English skipper Alastair Cook as India took a review against the decision made in the second innings. It happened in the 9th over of the innings when Alastair Cook was hit on the pads.

The umpire ruled it not out and Indians decided to review it. The camera angles took a lot of time to fall in proper place and synchronisation. In one of the screens the ball was yet to pass the bat, and in the other, it had already passed the bat. This is where the problem with the DRS lies.

The big thing to consider is that if the camera angles do not fall in the proper picture, then the technology fails for faint edge and ball tracking too. “The most important thing for a multi-angle faint-edge product is for the vision of both angles to be perfectly synchronised,” said an expert on the technology.

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