The Bangladesh Cricket Board has backed TV umpire Tanvir Ahmed after he was found involved in a controversial leg before decision during the Bangladesh Premier League match between Comilla Victorians and Fortune Barishal at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Saturday.

The incident happened in the 14th over of Comilla's innings, when field umpire Morshed Ali Khan gave Jaker Ali a leg before out.

The latter was then reviewed, only for the TV umpire to uphold the on-field decision despite replays suggesting the ball had been pitched outside the leg stump.

However, the BCB has explained that part of the ball did pitch within the "pitching zone," which is in line with the stumps.

‘The point of pitching (Pitching Zone) of the ball is indicated with the help of a stump to stump pitch mat in the Alternative Decision Review System (ADRS) being used in the ongoing Ispahani Bangladesh Premier League T20," said BCB in a press release.

‘In Appendix D1 of the tournament’s Match Playing Conditions, it is stated that a ball will be considered to have pitched ‘In-Line’ in the ADRS if ‘Any part of the ball was inside the Pitching Zone.’ 

‘In accordance with this interpretation of the related rule, the TV umpire upheld the LBW (image showing the point of pitching of the ball attached) decision by the on-field umpire against Comilla Victorians batsman Jaker Ali in Comilla’s match with Fortune Barishal at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.’

In the ongoing edition of BPL, the match officials are using the Alternate Decision Review System (ADRS) instead of the standard DRS.

Earlier, before the commencement of the country’s lone T20 franchise competition, Bangladesh Premier League governing council member secretary Ismail Haider Mallick said that they would be able to make DRS available during the eliminators of the tournament.

And the BCB chief executive officer, Nizamuddin, said that the board had not been able to secure the personnel from Hawkeye to run the DRS, even though the BCB has the technology available at the Shere Bangla National Stadium.