India vs England: Sunil Gavaskar bats for impartial umpires

The legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday gave a thumbs as much as the standard of umpiring by the Englishmen within the ongoing Test collection between India and England however mentioned he would nonetheless desire impartial umpires.
The ICC had made it obligatory to have one impartial umpire in a Test in 1994 earlier than making it two for a match in 2002.
However, as a result of journey restrictions with reference to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had quickly allowed house umpires to officiate in all of the World Test Championships matches.
“I would still want to see neutral umpires because after you exhaust your 2-3 reviews, there could still be a decision that could be game-turning,” mentioned the previous India skipper whereas commentating throughout day three of the second Test.
“To avoid the finger of bias, you should have neutral umpires.”
Gavaskar mentioned he’s proud of the on-field selections taken by the house umpires within the ongoing collection and the collection in Australia in January.
“The quality of umpiring in this series (between India and England) as well as in Australia has been brilliant. Can’t say that about it during our (playing) days though,” he mentioned.
Michael Gough and Richard Illingworth are the 2 on-field umpires within the second Test, whereas Richard Kettleborough and Chris Broad are the third umpire and match referee respectively.