Umpires are human beings. Then why should they decide on something they cant clearly see. By hearing a sound, the umpire raised his finger instantly. The ball had just brushed the shoulder which was evident from the replay. Yuvraj is a very decent person and would have walked out himself if he was out. But iam surprised why our umpires do not even think for once while deciding the fate of the batsman. Even the code of conduct for umpires is clear that if there is a doubt, the benefit goes to the batsman. Sachin has been a victim of hasty decisions by the umpires. The english umpires i feel are better than this sahiba and shastri and i feel they are biased against our own players. Itni bhi mehman nawazi theek nahin bhai
RE:RE:Wrong umpiring
by deewana parwana on Nov 19, 2007 02:27 PM Permalink
Suresh Shastri seems to be too inclined to give decisions against Indian players. There were far too many incidents in the past and even in the fifth and final ODI. He rejected many legitimate LBW appeals by Indian bowlers. But look at the decision given against Gambhir. Cricket rule states that whenever the ball pitches first away from the off/ leg stamp and eventually hits the batsman on the pad, batsman should get benifit of doubt. In Gambhir's case, (1) the ball pitched much away from left hander's off stamp, and (2) hit his pad above knee roll. My gut feeling is Suresh Shastri in his ambition to get elected in 'Elite Umpire's Panel' is giving deliberate decisions against Indians to prove his neutrality.
