The game of cricket consists of a lot of aspects. Batting, bowling, fielding and wicket-keeping are equally important. But one department which is most important is umpiring. It is the umpires who carry the game forward. And it is their responsibility to not just officiate the match, but also ensure that the game is conducted in the right sense. If there is any bias, then they're the one's who should stop the same. If anyone does any mistakes, then they have to take a necessary disciplinary action against them. But what if the umpires themselves do some blunders, which affect the course of the game completely?

Well as per the laws and also the ethics, umpires should aslo be fined for the job when they do it wrongly. Because a mistake from batter, bowler or a fielder cannot do much harm to the team, however the decisive authority making a wrong decision can turn the game upside down. And since they are humans, even umpires are bound to make some errors in the game. But seems like the rule isn't the same for everyone. While the players get sanctions for the misconduct they do on the field in any format, it's often seen that the umpires get away without a disciplinary action being taken against them. And it should change.

Few days back, Sanju Samson was dismissed on 86 runs due to an umpiring blunder, when the umpire didn't decide to have a closer look on whether the catch was clean or not. Ironically the same umpires did check whether a ball is wide or not by looking closely in the camera for around 4 minutes. But when it was Samson's decision, they gave it out right away. The result of this dismissed was that the momentum shifted rapidly against Rajasthan Royals, and the team lost the match. A visibly angry Samson vented his anger in front of the umpires, for which he was later fined with 30% match fee. The same happened when Virat was given out on a no ball due to umpiring error and when he vented his frustration, he was fined. And on both the occasions, umpires went away without being punished.

There are enough instances of the same happening earlier as well. Steve Bucknor giving Sachin out on a ball which Sachin deliberately padded, or him giving Ganguly wrongfully caught out are a few instances to share. But in the earlier times, the decision of umpires couldn't be challenged. Today with the enhanced technology, it is easy to get the right decision by challenging the umpire's call. But still some errors happen which change the fate of the gamr altogether. The umpiring error by Kumar Dharamsena, when he counted 6 runs instead of 5 off a rebound in ICC 2019 World Cup final robbed New Zealand of their well deserved World Cup. But in spite of the blunder leading to such a big thing, the umpires still got away without being sanctioned.

None of the Kiwi players reacted to this, but imagine the sanctions imposed on any of them if they would've vented their frustration on the umpires for robbing a world cup from them? The same applies for any issue which happens from the players on the field. For instance, the captains of the team are responsible for completing the game within a stipulated period of time. And if they fail to do so, they have to pay a hefty amount of their match fees as fine. And if they continue to do so one more time going ahead, then they are banned from one match. Similarly the fielding team is given a penalty of 5 runs when the ball hits a wicket keeper helmet by chance. But surprisingly, there are no sanctions to any umpires.

But hopefully the things will change. No one is asking to immediately sack the umpire in the match to follow, as they do have a pre-planned set of matches to officiate. And considering the margin of error, if a tolerance for their mistake is set, that would ensure that minimum errors are made by them. Also a small portion of match fees for every wrong decision, and a good percentage of it at the crucial game turning moments could be levied on them. These things will significantly bring down the number of wrong decisions. And similar to the sanctions for wrong decisions, there should be incentives for the right decisions they take. Because afterall, the people who officiate and conduct the entire game are the most important part of it, and therefore the dignity of that post should be honoured and preserved.