‘DRS In Domestic Cricket Will Improve Batters’ Techniques’, Says Ravichandran Ashwin

New Delhi: Veteran India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said the choice to bring during the Decision Review System (DRS) on this domestic cricket season will lend a hand the batters to toughen their techniques.

The continuing first round of the 2024 Duleep Trophy has the DRS available for matches at Bengaluru (India A v India B) and Anantapur (India C v India D) respectively. Ashwin illustrated his point by talking about India D batter Ricky Bhui’s batting technique of keeping the bat within the back of the pad playing a part in his dismissal at Anantapur.

On day two’s play, Bhui was once trapped lbw by India C left-arm spinner Manav Suthar. To start with, the on-field umpire did no longer give it out, but India C skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad opted for the DRS and the choice was once changed to out.

“DRS for domestic cricket is no longer only for definitely the right decisions to be made. Ricky Bhuvi’s dismissal last evening against Manav Suthar is a classic case of a batter who will get away with this system 10/10 times in FC cricket. This was once no longer a faulty technique pre DRS but now or not it is some distance.”

“Back during the day batters were given no longer out just because they managed to get on the front foot. Now, keeping your bat within the back of the pad will likely be fatal, imagine someone making the climb to international cricket without getting this experience Ricky got the day before this.”

“He may perchance thoroughly take a whole test series to take into consideration what he must work on and his career may perchance well be over. That's a fab experience for more than only one reason,” wrote Ashwin on ‘X’.

Former India A, U19 and Bengal wicketkeeper-batter Shreevats Goswami also made a level around this topic on ‘X’. “Full DRS in Ranji is a !! Coming back to this point, there’s also kind of tons of no longer outs‘ given out vice versa (poor decision) which has defined careers during the past or have a long-lasting impact. Feel more than the technique batters/ bowlers/captains can play freely with DRS.”

Ashwin will likely be next seen in action when India begins its home Test season with two games against Bangladesh, followed by three matches against New Zealand before the Rohit Sharma-led side leaves for Australia to play five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy from November 22 to January 7, 2025.