<p>Such was the exasperation that a senior member of the side said that whole team wish that Harper does not officiate in the third Test.<br /><br />Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did little to hide his disgust at the standard of umpiring in the Test, which they won by 63 runs to take a 1-0 lead.<br /><br />"If correct decisions were made, the game would have ended much earlier and we would have been in the hotel by now," Dhoni said at the post match press conference.<br />The Australian would stood for one last time when India take on West Indies in the third Test at Dominica from July 6.<br /><br />"We don't want him — you can quote it as the reaction of the entire Indian team," said a very senior member of the side.<br /><br />Though Dhoni did not name anyone of the two umpires officiating in the match —- Ian Gould (England) and Harper -– several Indian players openly termed the latter as the centre of their ire.<br /><br />"It's Daryl Harper six not out," said another senior cricketer as soon as he saw a bunch of Indian pressmen approaching him. <br /><br />Indians were upset that Harper made at least three critical errors against India and three in favour of West Indies during the match.<br /><br />"Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and Dhoni himself for done in; (Darren) Bravo twice and once (Shivnarine) Chanderpaul benefitted," chimed in another Indian cricketer, bristling with aggression.<br /><br />Raina was given out caught in the leg-trap off Devendra Bishoo and television replays suggested no edge from either bat or gloves of the batsman.<br /><br />Harbhajan Singh was ruled out leg before wicket when the ball clearly was seen going way above the height of the stumps.<br /><br />Dhoni was cleanly caught at point region off Bishoo but the bowler had cut the return crease in his bowling run-up and the delivery should have been called a no-ball.<br />All three decisions in question were given by Harper in India’s second innings.<br /><br />Then, when West Indies batted for the last time, there were confident appeals against Bravo and Chanderpaul which were not upheld.<br /><br />The controversial Australian umpire is regarded worldwide as the worst umpire in the ICC list of elite umpires.<br /><br />After being on the panel for nine years, between 2002-2011, the ICC too has come round to the general perception and declared that Harper will stand down after the termination of his contract in July 2011.<br /><br />Harper also needled the Indians by banning Praveen Kumar from bowling for treading on to the 'danger area' of the pitch in his follow-through in the first innings.<br /><br />Indians are not contesting the decision in private but feel Harper could have cautioned the debutant in a friendly way before taking the strong step.<br /><br />Indian cricketers have little doubt umpire Harper has been clearly biased against them over the years.<br /><br />"Remember, it was Harper who gave Sachin Tendulkar out lbw in a Test when the batsmen had ducked and was hit on his shoulder," remarked a cricketer.<br /><br />During a Test of the 1999-2000 tour to Australia, a short delivery from Glenn McGrath had Tendulkar looking to duck under it but it hit him on the shoulders.<br /><br />Umpire Harper promptly gave Tendulkar out though he was to say later 'the one (decision) that I would like the world to forget is the Sachin one.'<br /><br />The shocking decision was the reason the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced neutral umpires for both ends in Test matches.<br /><br />Justified as the Indians are, it only underlines the reason why they should give their sanction to Umpires Decision Review System (UDRS).<br /><br />The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been steadfastly refusing the usage of UDRS technology even though worldwide it's acceptance is a norm.<br /><br />The UDRS technology, because of BCCI's insistence, is not being used either in the present series or the one in England which follows next month.</p>
<p>Such was the exasperation that a senior member of the side said that whole team wish that Harper does not officiate in the third Test.<br /><br />Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did little to hide his disgust at the standard of umpiring in the Test, which they won by 63 runs to take a 1-0 lead.<br /><br />"If correct decisions were made, the game would have ended much earlier and we would have been in the hotel by now," Dhoni said at the post match press conference.<br />The Australian would stood for one last time when India take on West Indies in the third Test at Dominica from July 6.<br /><br />"We don't want him — you can quote it as the reaction of the entire Indian team," said a very senior member of the side.<br /><br />Though Dhoni did not name anyone of the two umpires officiating in the match —- Ian Gould (England) and Harper -– several Indian players openly termed the latter as the centre of their ire.<br /><br />"It's Daryl Harper six not out," said another senior cricketer as soon as he saw a bunch of Indian pressmen approaching him. <br /><br />Indians were upset that Harper made at least three critical errors against India and three in favour of West Indies during the match.<br /><br />"Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh and Dhoni himself for done in; (Darren) Bravo twice and once (Shivnarine) Chanderpaul benefitted," chimed in another Indian cricketer, bristling with aggression.<br /><br />Raina was given out caught in the leg-trap off Devendra Bishoo and television replays suggested no edge from either bat or gloves of the batsman.<br /><br />Harbhajan Singh was ruled out leg before wicket when the ball clearly was seen going way above the height of the stumps.<br /><br />Dhoni was cleanly caught at point region off Bishoo but the bowler had cut the return crease in his bowling run-up and the delivery should have been called a no-ball.<br />All three decisions in question were given by Harper in India’s second innings.<br /><br />Then, when West Indies batted for the last time, there were confident appeals against Bravo and Chanderpaul which were not upheld.<br /><br />The controversial Australian umpire is regarded worldwide as the worst umpire in the ICC list of elite umpires.<br /><br />After being on the panel for nine years, between 2002-2011, the ICC too has come round to the general perception and declared that Harper will stand down after the termination of his contract in July 2011.<br /><br />Harper also needled the Indians by banning Praveen Kumar from bowling for treading on to the 'danger area' of the pitch in his follow-through in the first innings.<br /><br />Indians are not contesting the decision in private but feel Harper could have cautioned the debutant in a friendly way before taking the strong step.<br /><br />Indian cricketers have little doubt umpire Harper has been clearly biased against them over the years.<br /><br />"Remember, it was Harper who gave Sachin Tendulkar out lbw in a Test when the batsmen had ducked and was hit on his shoulder," remarked a cricketer.<br /><br />During a Test of the 1999-2000 tour to Australia, a short delivery from Glenn McGrath had Tendulkar looking to duck under it but it hit him on the shoulders.<br /><br />Umpire Harper promptly gave Tendulkar out though he was to say later 'the one (decision) that I would like the world to forget is the Sachin one.'<br /><br />The shocking decision was the reason the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced neutral umpires for both ends in Test matches.<br /><br />Justified as the Indians are, it only underlines the reason why they should give their sanction to Umpires Decision Review System (UDRS).<br /><br />The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been steadfastly refusing the usage of UDRS technology even though worldwide it's acceptance is a norm.<br /><br />The UDRS technology, because of BCCI's insistence, is not being used either in the present series or the one in England which follows next month.</p>