“It (DRS) will be more effective with the support of
Snickometer and Hot-Spot Technology,” Tendulkar was quoted as saying by the
Hindustan Times on Friday. “It will give more consistent results.” The DRS
system enables players to appeal two umpiring decisions per innings for review
by the third umpire.
The Snickometer determines whether a batsman has edged the
ball, using both sight and sound, while the Hots-Spot determines the point of
impact of a delivery. The Hawk-eye is a third technological aid used to
determine the path of a delivery, mainly for lbw decisions.
The International Cricket Council has recommended the use of
DRS for all international matches, but the Indian cricket board has
consistently opposed it and the general perception has been that players like
Tendulkar and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni have been influencing the Indian
officials' decision to oppose it.
There has been ongoing debate after India refused to use the
DRS for an upcoming tour of England, with England off-spinner Graeme Swann even
suggesting that the Indians were afraid to use it.
The ICC
used the DRS during the World Cup earlier this year, when Dhoni was vehement in
his criticism of the system, calling it “an adulteration of technology and
human decision-making.” Among the supporters of the DRS from the Indian camp
are big-hitting opener Virender Sehwag and test batsman Rahul Dravid.
