Australia v India 2014: Don’t whinge about poor decision if you don’t want DRS, writes Greg Buckle

IF India doesn’t want to use the DRS system, don’t stand there looking insulted when human error comes into play, writes Greg Buckle.

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CHETESHWAR Pujara looked furious with English umpire Ian “Gunner” Gould at the Gabba on Thursday.

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But the question could just as easily have been asked of Sachin Tendulkar: How could you allow this to happen?

India’s cricket board indulged batting great Tendulkar for far too long to reach his meaningless hundredth hundred in March 2012 in a losing side against Bangladesh.

And the little master’s shadow continues to hang over the team.

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As long as Sachin was going around, the Decision Review System would be viewed with disdain.

In the post-Sachin era, the distrust of DRS remains and as such India’s board has refused to endorse its use for its four-Test tour of Australia.

Cheteshwar Pujara was Josh Hazlewood’s first Test wicket.

India’s star batsman Virat Kohli, who was stand-in skipper for last week’s first Test in Adelaide, said he couldn’t see his home board’s position changing until the ball-tracking technology was 100 per cent accurate.

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India’s No. 3 batsman Pujara, who was given out caught behind off Australia’s debutant quick Josh Hazlewood on yesterday’s first day of play in the second Test in Brisbane, must have wondered for a moment why in the name of Sachin doesn’t he have the power to call for a video referral?

Blind Freddie could see the bouncer from Hazlewood hit his helmet and appeared to make no contact with his gloves.

India's Cheteshwar Pujara “gloves” a ball from Australia's Josh Hazelwood to be dismissed for 18.

The video replay showed the ball missing the gloves, which would have led to the decision being reversed. But Pujara didn’t have that option and departed reluctantly for 18, following in the footsteps of India’s mixed fortunes in last week’s Adelaide Test.

India’s opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan, caught off the shoulder against the bowling of Mitchell Johnson in the Adelaide Test, has also with his body language at least expressed concerns similar to Pujara’s over the umpiring.

The chances of India’s cricketers saying what they really think when they get ripped off by an umpiring mistake are slim, given the Indian board’s micromanagement of the players’ media dealings.

Maybe the old-fashioned approach of luck with umpiring all evens out in the end still stands.

But if that’s India’s view then don’t stand there looking insulted when human error comes into play.