Parthiv Patel reacts on Suryakumar Yadav dismissal controversy: I don't think cricket needs a soft signal

Parthiv Patel said the soft signal rule should be done away with and the third umpire should be the only one taking a call on the appeals which are referred to him.

Former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel reacted on the soft signal debate which has once again crept up after Suryakumar Yadav's controversial dismissal against England in the fourth T20I in Ahmedabad on Thursday night. Patel said the soft signal rule should be done away with and the third umpire should be the only one taking a call on the appeals which are referred to him. "If I have to answer that straight, I don’t think cricket needs a soft signal. You have got to be straightforward. Either it’s out or not out. If you are not sure, go to the third umpire and tell ‘you make your own decision’. ‘We have not seen it, you make your own decision’. That was the case before.