Introduction of DRS is a possibility: Virat Kohli

India Test captain Virat Kohli remains sceptical on the accuracy of ball-tracking technology but hinted India might be ready to finally embrace the Decision Review System. The influential Indian cricket board has been a staunch opponent of the DRS system, which aims at reducing umpiring howlers by detecting edges and predicting ball trajectory to get correct catch and leg-before decisions.

The BCCI does not allow DRS in bilateral series involving its team but Kohli said they had been discussing the issue for a while. “We want to definitely think about it but it’s something we have had discussion on and certainly look to probably introduce it in future,” Kohli said on the eve of the second Test against New Zealand at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens.

“These are the things we have had meetings on. There were areas which we felt can be debated ... specially the ball-tracking and the Hawk-Eye. We won’t take (erroneous umpiring) decisions too hard because we in the first place decided that we won’t use DRS. For us to say then that umpires made an error and it’s going against us, it’s not logical. Once DRS is in place, then you can say what are the grey areas.”

Addressing the media in place of Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson, opener Tom Latham vouched for technology.

“I suppose we’ve had it in the past back home and it is a good system that tends to work,” he said. It gets rid of that decision that probably isn’t out or is out, that major decision that is called incorrectly. We enjoyed it back home, if (India started using it) that’d be great.”