<p>Tendulkar was all for the increased use of ‘Hot Spot’ technology — which establishes the first point of contact of the ball — for making accurate decisions and taking off the pressure from the on-field officials.<br /><br />“For the caught behind and all, the Hot Spot will come. Close in catches, again the Hot Spot will come. For the bowled you don’t need a machine, so only the leg before wicket decisions is what the umpire has to concentrate on,” Tendulkar said.<br /><br />“It is tough for the umpires to watch no-balls and then see what’s happening in the front. For the basic line decisions you have to have to have a laser. Like in tennis you can call it with a machine,” he told India Today.<br /><br />Tendulkar was impressed with the results of the Hot Spot technology and said it could also be used for making the bat-pad decision. <br /><br />“We are still using technology for close catches. They should use the Hot Spot for the bat-pad decision so the main umpire has to only make leg before wicket calls. I’m quite happy with the Hot Spot because it establishes the point of contact,” Tendulkar said.<br />The prolific batsman though gave a thumbs down to the umpire referral system and also suggested that in a Test match instead of two, three-umpires should do the duty session-wise.<br /><br />“I’m not particularly happy with the referrals because I’m not convinced of the angles (on television). I wasn’t happy when we first went through it,” he said, referring to India’s series in Sri Lanka in 2008.<br /><br />Another suggestion, if taken seriously, would bring a lot of smiles on the umpires’ faces.<br />“Maybe we could have umpires doing a session each and so have three umpires for a game, so umpires do get time off also,” he said.</p>
<p>Tendulkar was all for the increased use of ‘Hot Spot’ technology — which establishes the first point of contact of the ball — for making accurate decisions and taking off the pressure from the on-field officials.<br /><br />“For the caught behind and all, the Hot Spot will come. Close in catches, again the Hot Spot will come. For the bowled you don’t need a machine, so only the leg before wicket decisions is what the umpire has to concentrate on,” Tendulkar said.<br /><br />“It is tough for the umpires to watch no-balls and then see what’s happening in the front. For the basic line decisions you have to have to have a laser. Like in tennis you can call it with a machine,” he told India Today.<br /><br />Tendulkar was impressed with the results of the Hot Spot technology and said it could also be used for making the bat-pad decision. <br /><br />“We are still using technology for close catches. They should use the Hot Spot for the bat-pad decision so the main umpire has to only make leg before wicket calls. I’m quite happy with the Hot Spot because it establishes the point of contact,” Tendulkar said.<br />The prolific batsman though gave a thumbs down to the umpire referral system and also suggested that in a Test match instead of two, three-umpires should do the duty session-wise.<br /><br />“I’m not particularly happy with the referrals because I’m not convinced of the angles (on television). I wasn’t happy when we first went through it,” he said, referring to India’s series in Sri Lanka in 2008.<br /><br />Another suggestion, if taken seriously, would bring a lot of smiles on the umpires’ faces.<br />“Maybe we could have umpires doing a session each and so have three umpires for a game, so umpires do get time off also,” he said.</p>