indian cricketer sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara on saturday spoke on the topic of the Decision review System (DRS) and how the international cricket Council (ICC) has increased the number of reviews per team in Test cricket for the time being with cricket being played in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. Perhaps Tendulkar agreed with ICC's decision to increase the number of referrals per team to 3 from 2 in Test cricket but differed on the leg-before rule in which at least 50 percent of the ball has to hit the stumps for the third umpire to overturn the on-field umpire's decision.
Furthermore Tendulkar said that even if the ball is kissing the stumps or just brushing it, the decision should go in favor of the bowlers. "One thing I don't agree with, with the ICC, is the DRS they've been using for quite some time. It is the LBW decision where more than 50% of the ball must be hitting the stumps for the on-field decision to be overturned.
Tendulkar said "I know a number of people have said that technology is 100% right, but neither are humans. So once you decide to use technology, you rely on it. Here, too, you have to see the travel path of the ball the ball is not directly hitting the stumps, there's a guy standing in between so a number of elements come in to play the turn, the bounce, the swing, all those things but eventually you have to follow that travel path and rely on technology".
