BCCI to oppose 'Hot Spot' too at next ICC meet

Mumbai, Sept 19 (PTI) Raising the ante against the
controversial Decision Review System in the aftermath of the
incidents on the recent England tour, the Cricket Board on
Monday decided to oppose the 'Hot Spot' technology too along
with the ball tracking system which it has consistently been
against.
"We were extremely reluctant to implement the DRS and
had no belief in the ball tracking system. BCCI is not averse
to technology and agreed to a minimum usage of DRS including
'Hot Spot' at the last ICC meeting in Hong Kong," said N
Srinivasan after taking over the reins of the BCCI from
Shashank Manohar on Monday.
"We were under the impression that 'Hot Spot' was very
good. It is not necessary for me to dwell on the accuracy of
'Hot Spot". It was there for everybody to see.
"The BCCI will raise this issue at the next ICC meeting.
We want to revisit it as we feel 'Hot Spot' is insufficient
technology and therefore we would request (ICC) that it be
revised. This is the position we will take", said Srinivasan
at the media conference after the Board's 82nd AGM where he
took over as its President.
"At the last meeting Mr Manohar had opposed DRS before
laying down office and at the next meeting I will do it," he
added.
The BCCI's ire on DRS has increased following the
controversial dismissals of India's mainstay on the tour,
Rahul Dravid, through 'Hot Spot'.
In an another incident, V V S Laxman was declared not
out by this technology only for former England captain Michael
Vaughan to question the batsman's integrity by accusing him of
having used Vaseline on the bat's edges to beat 'Hot Spot'
technology.
At the AGM, Sanjay Jagdale of MPCA, Himachal Pradesh's
Anurag Thakur and Maharashtra's Ajay Shirke were elected
unopposed as secretary, joint secretary and treasurer
respectively of the country's richest sports body.
Two new vice presidents - Chitrak Mitra and Sudhir Dabir
representing East and Central zones - were also elected
without any fight along with Arun Jaitley (North), Shivlal
Yadav (South) and Niranjan Shah (West).
The senior selection panel was also recast with 1983
World Cup hero Mohinder Amarnath being the lone new face in
the five-man committee replacing Yashpal Sharma from North
Zone.
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, of South, would continue to be
its chairman while three other committee members - Surendra
Bhave (West), Narendra Hirwani (Central) and Raja Venkat
(East) were also re-appointed for one more year.
The indications are that Amarnath, son of former India
skipper Lala, would take over as the chairman of the panel
when Srikkanth's term ends next September along with those of
the other three panel members.
Amarnath's place in the IPL Governing Council was taken
by outgoing treasurer M P Pandove, a former first class
cricketer, while Ravi Shastri would remain as the second
cricketer in the BCCI sub-committee which would be headed by
Rajiv Shukla, Srinivasan said.
Srinivasan also said that Sunil Gavaskar had stepped
down from the chairmanship of the Technical Committee and
would be replaced by another former India skipper Saurav
Ganguly after getting his consent to accept the post.