TECHNOLOGY BEING A BOON OR A BANE IN IPL, AN ELUCIDATION TO JUSTIFY MY DISCERNMENT

Hello everyone,



Just like each coin has two sides, even technology has not been spared from the shady side of criticism. But are we doing it right by condemning the technology just when it has been one of the biggest facilitators and catalysts in unraveling those célèbre decisions which could have become squabbling blots in the history of cricket?

An allusion to the recent 'Brain Fade' between India and Australia when Smith, with his side looking at defeat, tried to get tips from the dressing room on whether he should go for DRS or not, should suffice the conglomeration of technology with Cricket.

With the Efflux of time , the format of cricket has changed alot and on field ferociousness has never been a cast out. If it wasnt for the technology like Hawk-Eye, UDRS/DRS, Led Stumps and Bails(which you referred to as "Fruitfully Ugly") i am sure every other IPL match would have ended up with a headlines and a case before the Review Committee or an Autonomous Body formed solely for mediating and conciliating disputes referred thereto.

In such a format where the batsman has no time to settle down and the batting side looking forward to set a score of 200+, Atleast if the ball hits upon a camera emanated from say Dhoni's or Gayle's bat, incorporating gorilla glass and stuff alike can make the cameras unbreakable or atleast capable of withstanding an impact unlike a ball hitting an Umpire. Who would want to witness a brutal sight where an Umpire is standing with a broken denture and an eye patch struggling his way out in order to get a clear view or jumping around on the field dodging the ball coming his way.

We might call the use of technology as a lure, but don't you think that it gives a lot more transparency to the viewers sitting on to the edge of their couches in their homes enjoying the game and shouting on top of their voices. Ofcourse the human intervention is must to aid the Hawk-Eye but for me, it saves the Umpire from being accused for taking the wrong decision. Moreover such daunting accusations would have been duely annexed by our own expert analysis of how the ball would have made it's way on to the pads missing the swing of his bat or that there was a loud sound which echoed right from his bat through the TV speakers into my ears crying for the batsman's innocence!

I would completely agree with you on the Fancification of stumps though. May be outsourcing the Led part to Audi/Volkswagen Group might give a German feel to the sport. May be diverting the funds invested into bringing cheerleaders to dance and channelising them for much embellishing stumps might do the job. Nevertheless, aint cleping it as 100% accurate, but may be a tad reduction in the probability of taking an evidently wrong decision might suffice the basic need of incorporating technology in cricket.
Moreover, something like Hawk-Eye which takes enumerous and practically all parameters into consideration like trajectory of the ball, degree of spin, swing, bounce, wind speed & direction etc should just suffice the impetus.

I as a viewer would dissent and demur with the opinion that such facilitators can make the Umpires redundant but rather would aid them in vindicating the veracity of their decisions.

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