Thanks to MS Dhoni’s surreal consistency in judging if an on-field decision needs to be referred to the TV umpire, users on social media would often playfully update the Decision Review System (DRS) to ‘Dhoni Review System’ every time he nailed the call. And it’s a skill that the former India captain developed with experience with his teammates sometimes blindly putting their faith on his judgment.
India umpire Anil Chaudhary has been at the receiving end of one such reversal when he ended up judging Yuvraj Singh caught-behind during an international match. Dhoni, who was at the non-striker’s end, quickly signaled Yuvraj to go for DRS and he obliged – the result? It was a bump ball and on-field decision had to be changed.
Chaudhary, who has officiated in 4 Tests, 26 ODIs and 44 T20Is, says while nobody can be 100 per cent right with their DRS calls, Dhoni is close to being accurate.
“That’s not the case always (Dhoni bein right), some times it’s the other way around but he’s close to accuracy. He has a lot of idea about the game,” Chaudhary told Shubhankar Mishra on his YouTube channel.
Chaudhary said wicketkeeper’s have the best seat in the house to judge observe the game closely and some umpire’s even use their movements to make decisions.
“Rishabh Pant has also improved a lot from earlier days. It’s all about experience – you look at the replays and then reassess your calls. Wicketkeeper has got the best spot to keep an eye, they’re still and can follow the ball’s trajectory. In fact, best umpires sometimes base their decisions on the movement of wicketkeepers because they follow the ball,” he said.
Chaudhary says Dhoni can be a really good umpire.
“He’s (Dhoni) close to accuracy. Lot of the times he stops others from appealing. He can become a good umpire provided he’s ready to be inside the ground for seven hours,” he said.
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