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Line call technology for umpires

The spotlight this IPL has been more on the umpires for all the wrong reasons. When an umpire warned a bowler for running on the danger area, a commentator on air stated that given the umpires' blunders this season they need to focus more on the line calls and other aspects rather than worry about the danger area, which in no way would affect the nature of the pitch given it's a T20 match.

That raises a question. Like tennis, isn't there a way to provide a sensor or Hawkeye line call technology of sorts to the umpires when no part of the bowler's foot is behind the line? Because the line always belongs to the umpire.

However, there are a few practical problems which technocrats would face. There are quite a few bowlers who have their heel lifted behind the line while delivering and it's a legal delivery. How would you tackle that? What about the cost?

Despite all these issues, if technology can have a say on the no-ball calls, then the umpires can have certainly their chin up as the bowler runs in.