BCCI maintains opposition to Decision Review System despite

A few days after senior off-spinner, Harbhajan Singh, and other former cricketers came out in support of the much-debated Decision Review System (DRS), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) maintained 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 the reporters.

Patel, who spoke after the Governing Council meeting of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that was chaired by Ranjib Biswal, said, if International Cricket Council (ICC) makes the changes that the BCCI have been asking for in relation to DRS, the board would embrace it.

"If DRS can be brought to near fool-proof, which is not the case now, we will accept it," Patel said, when asked about the raging debate over referrals, following a slew of dubious decisions by the umpires.

A few days ago, Harbhajan had spoken out in favour of DRS which is not in place in the India-Australia series. "I believe its time that we accepted the DRS as it will only benefit our cause. If you look, in both Test matches, India were very competitive, but there were key moments when our boys got a raw deal," Harbhajan said.

Former cricketers, Ajit Wadekar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Erapalli Prasanna and Chetan Chauhan too had come out in support of DRS.

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