Whats wrong with Sri Lankan team?

One best thing to do is not to give much importance to this kind of matches. Here true cricketing skills are not tested. Let us see how Sri Lanka performs all over the world in other countries like Aus, SA, Eng, WI etc Sri Lankans having local umpires' favor is not a new issue. It exists since decades. There were such things in the past too. It is also true that a person can tend to be in favor his own country's team regardless of what responsible position he is holding. So ICC really needs to introspect and correct some of the loopholes. Neutral Umpires, review of repeated mistakes, punishment for deliberate actions etc etc. I also feel that in Cricket it is not possible to implement UDRS for every appeal. So Umpire's role is crucial even today. They need to respect their job and function unbiased. Only thing is, SL should depend on their skills and focus on winning no matter what conditions are there or where they are playing. Otherwise their wins in SL pitches will have no value. And India should also focus on playing good cricket and stay away from controversies and name calling. Some Indians are not playing to their strength and that is also a reason for such losses. If Gambhir, Sachin, Zaheer come back then India will be a different team. Happy Mylotting!

Yes, I 100% agree with you. They seem to be jealous with India's success and talent that India team has got. That is why they are giving wrong decision against all the good Indian players, they are trying to demotivate Indian team. I think, BCCI should take some action in this case, otherwise, it will affect the moral of Indian players. Not only Sri Lanka team, even dhoni and Srikanth are doing the same thing by including a few useless players in the team (Jedeja, rohit sharma etc). Do you think Irfan pathan would have made any difference in the team?

I think bad decisions are a part of the game. But having Dharmasena as an umpire is a recipe for disaster. He is not a good umpire and to top it all he has a distinct bias for Sri Lanka. I think he needs to be demoted and should be asked to move up one level before he is allowed to umpire international matches. Cheers! Ram

dharmasena should be given a somekind of a ban.. i wonder india will ask him to umpire in the ipl.. howver if there is a way players can appeal and tv umpires can make decisions this kind of things whould not have happened.. and also icc shold consider imposing a rule that only neutral umpires can umpire in a match..

yes,you are correct., If this kind of activities are increasing then no one will like to watch those matches. Strict actions should be made against the players ,also umpires who makes too many wrong decision in a match with some intentions.

i even don't like the noball given by the umpire .this rule of cricket shoud be change.

Hello EARNER, The INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL should monitor all the matches.They should give some restrictions for the umpires who make wrong decisions often or they should be banned.I also think that neutral umpires should be sent for umpiring.If they are neutral,they won't support either of the two teams .This allows them to give decisions correctly.It now lies in the hands of ICC to prevent such incidents.