The legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Saturday gave a thumbs up to the quality of umpiring by the Englishmen in the ongoing Test series between India and England but said he would still prefer neutral umpires. The International Cricket Council (ICC) had made it mandatory to have one neutral umpire in a Test in 1994 before making it two for a match in 2002. "To avoid the finger of bias, you should have neutral umpires." Gavaskar said he is happy with the on-field decisions taken by the home umpires in the ongoing series and the series in Australia in January. Michael Gough and Richard Illingworth are the two on-field umpires in the second Test, while Richard Kettleborough and Chris Broad are the third umpire and match referee, respectively.

Source: The Hindu August 14, 2021 15:22 UTC