NEW DELHI: After TOI reported how the umpiring standard in this year's
IPL isn't as good as it was in the previous years,
BCCI has empowered the match referees to have a word with all the umpires to stay more vigilant during the matches.
"It is impossible to not to have errors in matches. But the umpires should be more vigilant. At least, the match referees are being told to speak to all the umpires to stay alert. This kind of elementary mistake shouldn't happen at this level," a source close to IPL chairman
Rajeev Shukla
said during the match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Monday.
Almost a fortnight ago, the
Sunrisers Hyderabad
versus
Rajasthan Royals match saw a seven-ball over - after umpire
Nigel Llong miscalculated the number of deliveries in an over. Even his partner and leg-umpire
Vineet Kulkarni didn't alert him.
Another flawed umpiring happened on Sunday night involving both SRH and Kulkarni, who missed a sure shot no-ball towards the fag end of the match against the
Chennai Super Kings. It came to the fore when the social media came out all guns blazing against Kulkarni.
Now the board sources are saying that the umpires, who are marked for bad decisions, are advised to take help from technology in case of doubt. "The referees are told to speak to the umpires to take help of technology in case of doubt," a source said while adding that around 18 IPL umpires are doing seven to four games this year.
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