An additional umpire to monitor no-balls during Indian Premier League games? This could well happen in the next edition of the T20 extravaganza after the innovation was discussed at the IPL Governing Council meeting in Mumbai on Tuesday.

Clearly, the powers that be don't want a repeat of umpiring blunders on this count. Last year, Royal Challengers Bangalore needed seven runs off the last ball when Mumbai Indians's Lasith Malinga overstepped, but this was not spotted by any of the two umpires. And although Mumbai Indians went on to win the thriller against Rohit Sharma's team at Bangalore, the captain was far from happy with the umpiring.