New Delhi, Oct. 26: Umpires should be left to adjudge only leg-before decisions while technology takes care of the rest, according to batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Tendulkar, 36, who begins his 21st year in international cricket next month, even advocated rotating on-field umpires every session of a Test match to give them adequate rest, but denounced the referral system.
Tendulkar, a veteran of 159 Tests and 431 ODIs, said he was in favour of more technology in cricket to make the umpire’s task more accurate.
“It is tough for the umpires to watch the no-balls and watch what’s happening in the front,” he was quoted as saying on the India Today website.
“For basic line decisions, like no-balls and run outs, you must have a laser or something like that. Something like what you have in tennis to decide serves.

 

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