BCCI brought technology to end the full toss controversy, know how it will work?
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has come up with a new technology to fix the problem of height-related no-ball calls during the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Over the years, teams have suffered losses due to errors in decision making by umpires. Although they are human and sometimes make mistakes unknowingly, but sometimes some decisions prove to be disappointing for the teams. This happens only when the decision is not in their favor in difficult circumstances.
One of the most controversial umpire calls in the IPL is giving a no-ball to a ball that comes above the height. The leg umpire checks the height of the full toss and if the ball is above the batsman’s waist it is considered a no-ball. In case of any doubt, the third umpire is referred to for decision making. Over the past few years, some of the umpires’ decisions regarding waist-high no-balls have created quite an uproar.
What earnest money has come from BCCI?
Times of India quoted a source as saying, “There are people in the BCCI team who are measuring the height up to the waist of all the players in the IPL with a measuring tape. This data will then be fed into a system used by hawk-eyed operators, who sit alongside the third umpire (from this season) to judge waist-high fulltoss ball reviews. “This data will help us better judge the waist-high full toss for a particular batsman.”
This year BCCI has introduced some new rules to make IPL 2024 even more interesting. The introduction of the ‘Smart Replay System’ has made decision making faster, more efficient and more accurate. This is a new camera-based review system where eight high-speed Hawk-Eye cameras have been installed around the stadium. Additionally, two Hawk-Eye cameras will be deployed with the TV umpires to provide real-time footage and data for accurate analysis.