I am all for reporting the umpire's poor decision in the official report and umpires being reprimanded for a poorly done job. But the over reaction to this whole episode by BCB and the fans makes it seem like this is the first time a wrong decision has been made by the umpires.
And tbh, on the first impact I was not at all surprised to see it being given as a no ball. Only once the replay was shown, it became clear that Rohit had perched himself in a position where it seemed like it was above the waist.
On a side note, would BD be allowed to review this decision through DRS ?
Thats the thing, all these other moan abt wrong decisions so much, and hang the outcome of the whole match one decision. With India not using DRS, Indians have learnt to get on with the game, and not moan abt it so much. Even in the test series Indians got a few bad decisions like Dhawan being given caught with the ball hitting his shoulder and not the bat and so on. Yet not in one press conference did the captain blame the umpiring for how things went on in the field.
The rest of the teams are like If DRS then this and if DRS then that ... its quite over the top if u ask me.
Yeah I get it, there is DRS, does a great job most of the times, but when it fks things up, then it is a side show of its own, unlike any other.
No one is willing to acknowledge that DRS has too many areas no one is quite clear about, and needs to be looking into. I am sure there are going to be tonnes of replies to this, bt ah well I have gotten used to them by now.
The thing is DRS doesn't deserve the attention it gets. If there is DRS then fine, if there is no DRS then its fking fine as well. Who cares man. The kind of hate BCCI gets for not using DRS, one would think BCCI has said something like Indian batsmen can no longer be out caught. That is the level of handicap some of these pro DRS ppl think they have when playing India without DRS.
What is funny is that despite all the hate on BCCI no one says a word about greats such as Joel Garner who have also gone on record to dismiss the system as a mere gimmick. Even Dickie Bird, probably the greatest umpire ever has been a known critic of the DRS. Yet no one addresses these issues raised by the players, all everyone really wants to do is BCCI bashing.
As for whether BD could have reviewed the decision, I suppose they could have. As the woeds used on wikipedia - 'A fielding team may use the system to dispute a "not out" call and a batting team may use it to dispute an "out" call'. 'A challenge is always used in situations that did or may result in a dismissal'
Since the call was 'not out', and it would result in a dismissal, I suppose it could lead to a challenge.
