BCCI willing to adopt DRS technology?

After years of resistance to the Decision Referral System (DRS), it looks the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may finally reconsider their stance on the technology. Anurag Thakur, the BCCI secretary, said that the board was willing to conduct talks pertaining to DRS and indicated that BCCI were more inclined towards a system that kept all modes of dismissal apart from lbw, up for reviewing. BCCI have refrained from use of the technology, citing reasons that they didn’t feel the technology was foolproof. ALSO READ: BCCI must adopt DRS after umpiring blunders marr 1st Test against Sri Lanka at Galle

Seemingly, amid increasing pressure from fans and media, the BCCI is beginning to see the sense in implementing the technology. This renewed stance can be attributed to BCCI’s new programme to change the way they are perceived by the masses in general. “I think when we talk about a technology, we look at perfection, if the system is not consistent, if it cannot predict the right trajectory all the time, then it is not perfect. We are happy to accept any system that can come close to the 100% accuracy,” Thakur was quoted as saying by cricbuzz.com. READ: India vs Sri Lanka 2015: Lack of DRS hurt overall fairness of game badly

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“Alternatively, we can also look at other options where we can exclude the lbw decision and adopt DRS without it. I think DRS can be looked at selectively. Apart from LBW, other decisions can be considered. DRS for only Bat-pad, caught behind can be looked at,” Thakur continued.