If you are a fan of Star Trek, you would be familiar with Kobayashi Maru . It is a training exercise for the Starfleet cadets in the fictio...
If you are a fan of Star Trek, you would be familiar with Kobayashi Maru. It is a training exercise for the Starfleet cadets in the fictional universe. It is, in essence, a no-win scenario. Those who take the test know there is no succeeding in the scenarios facing them and all they can do is hope for taking the least worse decision.
From the archive:India’s newest ICC Elite umpire Nitin Menon talks about umpiring standards, IPL, DRS and more
At various points during England’s all-format tour of India, it felt like umpire Nitin Menon was a real-life example of that situation. Captains from both sides kept trying to crack the code but came up short time and again. As we saw on the final day of action, Menon simply was in a zone that we usually associate with athletes. A purple patch where the technology was merely agreeing with whatever decision he was taking and challenging it felt futile.
The best of such moments came in Krunal Pandya’s over against Dawid Malan, when the left-hander missed one that turned. The appeal was vociferous. Virat Kohli opted for the review. The replays from the first to the penultimate suggested Malan was a goner. But the final replay,...
