Vengsarkar feels Bucknor suggestion will lead to delays

MUMBAI: Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar, while broadly agreeing to the views expressed by umpire Steve Bucknor on video referrals, is apprehensive that on-field umpires will tend to play safe and refer a majority of appeals to the third umpire, leading to more stoppages.
"I tend to agree with him. But the problem will arise if the on-field umpires, as they are prone to do currently in case of run out appeals, prefer to refer them to the third umpire even though they are not marginal decisions.This could lead to more stoppages and delays," Vengsarkar said.
West Indian Bucknor, who stepped down as International Cricket Council's Elite Panel umpire on Sunday, had urged cricket's governing body to take the right of video referrals away from players and hand them to umpires.
"It is my opinion that it is the umpires on the field, they're the ones who should be asking these questions," said Bucknor.
"Not the batsman, not the bowler. We know when the decisions are tough and marginal. We just know. I believe we are the ones who should be going up there to say, 'Third umpire, have a look at this, it is marginal'," Bucknor had said.
Another former captain Chandu Borde rejected Bucknor's proposal outright by saying it was not practical and said he was opposed to the video referrals system itself as a whole.
"What Bucknor is saying is impractical. It's like you are going against your own decision by referring it to the third umpire. They will also lead to delays and more complications," said Borde.
Borde felt the system in vogue for all international matches, whereby the on-field umpires refer only line decisions or whether catches are taken cleanly or on the half volley, was enough.
Ex-selection panel head Vengsarkar, however, saw a bright side to Bucknor's suggestion too as he felt it would give the match referee an extra tool to judge the performance of the on field umpires.
"The match referee can also judge their performance by seeing how many appeals referred to the third umpire were marginal decisions," he said.