The system of referral needs more closer look: Kumble

While Anil Kumble had words of praise for Virender Sehwag and Ishant Sharma, he also suggested that the referral system was an area that needed to be closely looked at, once the series was over.
His main concern about the referral system being trialled for the first time in this Test series is the argument whether an umpire can give an (lbw) decision by looking at a television screen.
"There are certain doubts but I guess the obvious ones," he offered. "Of course it can be of help if an umpire makes a mistake in giving someone out lbw when he (the batsman) has nicked it and this is shown. But again there are areas which really helps the umpire, but there are other area where it takes a longer time to assess a review of a decision," he added.
He felt that the third umpire giving lbw decisions through the Virtual Eye concept needed a closer look. While it was still early in the referral process, it was a system where more discussion is needed.
In this he felt the umpires, match referees and captains need to sit down and discuss the way it worked. And from the way he talked on the issue, Kumble gave the impression that it would happen after the Test series.
He did not bring up the Rahul Dravid lbw dismissal decision of Saturday that has upset the Indian camp and caused a meeting between India's coach Gary Kirsten and the match referee Alan Hurst.
The ball hit Dravid outside the off stump and the argument was that while it spun inward, the impact of the ball on the pad might have indicted a different line. The umpire gave Dravid not out, but the referral, which took as long as five minutes on this occasion, gave a different view of the path the ball may have travelled.
No doubt this created Kumble's comment about whether an umpire looking at a TV screen can make an accurate decision with the technology available. Mark Benson was to have been the referral umpire, but an illness to Rudi Koertzen meant Benson had to take over on field duties for the three says of the Test.
Kumble said that Sehwag's batting in both innings had been important to the team's ability to come back in this Test while the Sharma's bowling was an important factor on the final day.
It is his height, as well as pace that helps him get impressive lift out of the pitch and the way he ripped through the Sri Lanka defences to take wickets was also an important factor in the team's success.