CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Decision Review System (DRS), formerly known as the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), is a technology-based system used in cricket to assist the match officials in their decision-making.

Detailed explanation-2: -How many DRS in cricket? In Test cricket, each team has two reviews per innings, and one each per innings in ODI and T20I cricket.

Detailed explanation-3: -New DRS rules include an update in the LBW review. According to which the bails are now included in the ‘wicket zone’, so that the bowlers will now have more chance of getting LBW decisions in their favor. The wicket zone is the total area of the stumps, height and width combined.

Detailed explanation-4: -4. Expensive: The usage of this technology is expensive. It has earlier been pointed out that the usage of DRS in a single test cricket will cost $60, 000 per match and since all boards do not make money out of test crickets and ODIs, it will be difficult to afford it for all the matches.

Detailed explanation-5: -The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed that Real-Time Snickometer (RTS) will be part of the Decision Review System (DRS) in the forthcoming Ashes series, which begins in Brisbane on 21 November.