MUMBAI: In a bid to get decision-making as close to 100% as possible in IPL 2024, the BCCI has come out with an innovative method to judge waist-high full tosses, which are often the bone of contention.
"There are people in the BCCI's team who are measuring the height of all the players in the IPL till their waist, with a measuring tape. This data will then be fed into the system used by the hawk-eye operators, who sit with the third umpire (from this season) to judge reviews of waist-high full tosses. This data will help in judging the waist-high full toss to a particular batsman better," a reliable source told TOI.
It has already been reported that from this season of the IPL, a new Smart Replay System has been implemented to enhance decision-making efficiency and streamline the process. In this system, two Hawk-Eye operators have been stationed alongside the TV umpire to provide real-time images for swift analysis.
Eight high-speed cameras from Hawk-Eye have been positioned around the ground. Unlike the previous setup, the new set-up eliminates the role of the TV broadcast director, who acted as an intermediary between the Hawk-Eye operators and the third umpire.
