As any fan will tell you, we not just love,
but understand the sport and our teams like no one else. And that’s also why
they keep bankrolling the big fat salaries of the players, the profits of the
clubs and the boondoggle of officials. The recently concluded test match
raised, in my mind, three instances where the thought process seems to be – it is
OK for us to handle it, but it is too hot for fans.
Common, now, please don’t treat us with kid gloves.
One:
The first one, inevitably, is about the DRS and taking the dugouts inputs in it. The rules are clear – the decision to ask for a decision review stays with the players on the field. Within a few seconds of the umpires’ decision, the batting team can dispute an out decision or the bowling team can dispute a not-out decision, without consulting with anyone outside the playing field. The controversy of Smith’s ‘brain-fade’ and Kohli’s allegations have played out ad nauseam on TV and cyberspace, so I will spare you that.
What irked me w…
Common, now, please don’t treat us with kid gloves.
One:
The first one, inevitably, is about the DRS and taking the dugouts inputs in it. The rules are clear – the decision to ask for a decision review stays with the players on the field. Within a few seconds of the umpires’ decision, the batting team can dispute an out decision or the bowling team can dispute a not-out decision, without consulting with anyone outside the playing field. The controversy of Smith’s ‘brain-fade’ and Kohli’s allegations have played out ad nauseam on TV and cyberspace, so I will spare you that.
What irked me w…