Six possible reasons why India fails to produce high-quality umpires

#3 Poor training academy

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The BCCI had established the Nagpur National Umpiring Academy in 2010 to provide adequate training for umpires to improve their standards and reflexes. However from time and time again the academy has been sparingly used by the BCCI for its operations.

BCCI has been inconsistent with its training and has failed to provide proper umpiring courses. BCCI had a fallout with the Vidarbha Cricket Association and has a reason, it stopped using the services of the umpire academy established at Nagpur.

Though BCCI has started some level-1 courses involving former ICC Elite Panel Umpire Simon Taufel, a more frequent number of courses need to be conducted to improve the standard as a whole. More engagement programs with the Australian and England cricket board can be arranged as a part of this package

The BCCI also needs to make the entire process two-way. The umpires are often at the receiving end and most of the times, the umpires don't have a say in the coaching. A continuous feedback loop needs to be implemented for better end results.