da betway： Inaugurating the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s two-day 13thall India Umpires’ seminar in Mumbai, Gavaskar said players shouldlearn to respect the decisions of umpires so that the game can go onsmoothly as cricket is considered to be a
17-Aug-2001Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar said on Friday he was taught torespect decisions of umpires very early in his career “but at timesdue to unavoidable pressures I have reacted negatively for which Istill have regrets.”Inaugurating the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s two-day 13thall India Umpires’ seminar in Mumbai, Gavaskar said players shouldlearn to respect the decisions of umpires so that the game can go onsmoothly as cricket is considered to be a gentleman’s game.Gavaskar, who is also one of the leading TV commentators in the worldtoday, said new technology has put umpires under tremendous pressure”but still I think they are doing a very good job out there as theyhave to be 110 per cent sure of their decisions.””When you watch replays on TV, you see 95 per cent of the decisionsmade by the umpires are right and it is human that a few decisions maygo the other way due to the tremendous pressure faced by umpires,” headded.The second highest run getter in Test cricket, Gavaskar said he wasfortunate to have umpires like Pillo Reporter, MV Gothoskar, PRPanjabi and AM Mamsa when he was playing.”In fact, during my days players and umpires had a good rapport onand off the field and we would discuss the rules and regulations ofthe game in detail,” he said.Gavaskar, recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Maharashtra Bhushanawards, praised the BCCI for conducting such seminars, saying they actas a platform for umpires to exchange their views.”The seminars also help discuss the new rules of the game and give aninsight into the problems faced by umpires in the country,” he added.BCCI secretary JY Lele, joint secretary Jyoti Bajpai, Mumbai CricketAssociation (MCA) joint secretaries Ratnakar Shetty and MayankKhandwala, vice president Pravin Bharve and international umpires AVJayprakash, SK Bansal and VK Ramaswamy attended the seminar.About 180 umpires from all over the country are participating in theseminar.