Letter of the Day

Was the umpiring bad?

Let's not make big issue about the umpiring on such a great tour.

I do agree that the umpires have not been correct on some occasion, but we have to keep in mind that umpires make mistakes. There have been umpiring mistakes made that have not been in the favor of Pakistan, for example, the LBW dismissal of Youhana in the 5th ODI.

Replays showed that the ball deflected off the bat onto the pad and it was also going over the stumps. In both cases that should not had been out, but these things happen.

To me, that was one of the turning points in the Pakistani innings. Now, I am not saying that if Youhana had stayed Pakistan would have won the match. I guess we will never know what would have happened.

These umpires are very experienced and just because they make a few mistakes don't mean that they are bad umpires or they are biased against certain teams.

If you want perfect umpiring, you might as well remove the umpires and switch to electronic umpiring, but to me that would ruin the game of cricket.

Lastly, it seems unfair to me that when Pakistan complains against the umpiring, the media brands them as whiners, but when India complains it is perfectly all right.

India's tour of Pakistan - Complete coverage

Rahul

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