Archive for the ‘Walking’ Category
Walk when you are not an Indian, dont if you are one.
Read the post on Leela’s blog whether to walk or not to walk. I was mighty pissed to see Dhoni walk off without even looking at umpire. I was sure he was going to give Dhoni not out. That could have in a sense neutralized the wrong decisions 0-3 a bit. We suffer in SL. Last time in the Test series, in the referrals we had 3-26. 3 decisions went in our favor. 26 in their favor. Huge imbalance. If the referrals were correctly balanced out we could have had 2-1 scoreline in our favor and Saurav would have been playing even today.
Anyways back to the walking theory, there is one I feel which should work. I would say a batsman should walk if he is not an Indian and more so if he is a Australian or a Pakistani (remember Salim Malik or Ijaz or Miandad, they never walked or even Inzamam) or a Sri Lankan. Indians are usually the victims of poor umpiring. Everywhere. Australia or SriLanka or even at their own den. Phew!! So Dhoni shouldn’t have walked even if the score was 100-6 or he was on 99. Grab the benefit of doubt the umpire gives. Not sure when the next favorable decision in favor of a brown skinned Indian would come.
Roy should have walked twice in Sydney 08 like Gilly did in Durban 03.
