The Umpire’s Choice: Is Your Sofa Out or Not Out?
There is a particular sort of magic that descends on Kolkata when the cricketing season begins. You can hear it in the tea stalls, feel it in the salt-lake breeze, and see it in the way every living room transforms into a mini-stadium. However, while we are busy debating who should open the innings and whether DRS was applied unfairly, we tend to overlook another key player on the team: the sofa.