Calcutta: England could become the first touring team to play a series in India using the Decision Review System (DRS), according to a report in The Daily Mail.

India had refused to use the DRS in a bilateral series since a trip to Sri Lanka in 2008, when they were unconvinced by the quality of Hawk-Eye's ball-tracking device. But coach Anil Kumble - who became a sceptic of the technology after playing in that series - and Test captain Virat Kohli were now more open to the idea of introducing the DRS in time for the five-match series against England starting on November 9 in Rajkot.

Nothing has been formally agreed yet, but ICC general manager Geoff Allardice will travel to India next week with a Hawk-Eye representative as part of the governing body's attempts to standardise the use of the DRS in all international cricket.

And that means Kumble may be able to persuade the BCCI that India should finally fall in line with the rest of the world and adopt a system that also includes Hot Spot and the Snickometer.

India had previously not been convinced about the ball-tracking's technology's accuracy, despite ICC statistics which suggest its margin for error is superior to the umpire's naked eye.

But a presentation in May by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to the ICC's cricket committee, which Kumble chairs, is thought to have helped sway the Indian coach's mind.