Team India captain Shubman Gill had a dispute with the umpire about changing the ball. (Photo-stu forster/getty images)
Team India has complained to the umpire to the International Cricket Council during the ongoing Test series against England. He claims that the ball given to him during the third Test match at Lord’s was 30 overs old instead of 10 overs. This changed the attitude of the match. In this case, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has now demanded to intervene as per the rules. Lords Test During the time, Team India captain Shubman Gill had a dispute with the umpire to change the ball. In this match, Team India had to face defeat by 22 runs.
Team India claims
According to reports, in the case of changing the ball, an official of the Indian team claimed that during the Lord’s Test, the umpire had given the old ball to the team and he did not tell the team anything about the position of the ball. Not only this, Team India was not even given the right to choose the ball of his choice, because the ball he had chosen was already chosen by the England team as their second new ball.
According to reports, the team of Team India said that “After about 10 overs in Lord’s, the Dux ball lost its size, as it has been often in this series. The balls have not passed through the rings that umpires keep it on the field. However, the umpires had no 10 over old balls, so the Indian team got 30-35 over old balls at a significant turn of the match”. Whereas according to the rules of the ICC, when the ball is changed, the ball that is given to the team should be of the same over.
What happened in Lord’s?
Lords Team India examined the second new ball after ten overs during England’s first innings on the second day of the third Test match played in. During the investigation, the umpires found that they were not passing through the ring. By that time, England had scored 271 runs for 7 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed Ben Stokes, Joe Root and Chris Woakes inside 14 balls.
After changing the ball, the score started going to England’s favor. England scored 355 runs in the first innings. During this, Jamie Smith and Brideon Cars played a brilliant innings. The team official told how the game changed after this? These can see the scoreboard to see. The bowlers swinged and England easily scored runs. According to reports, the official said that if the team would have known that the ball is 30 to 35 overs, then they would bowl with the earlier ball.
Choosing balls in match referee’s room
According to reports, during the ball replacement, when the umpire brought the box of the ball in the dressing room, Team India chose a ball. On this, the umpire said that England has already chosen it as its second new ball. The official said that it would be right that the ball is selected in the match referee’s room and not in the dressing room where the local umpires are present as the only officer. Now the Indian team has complained to the ICC. In this Test match, Team India had to face defeat by 22 runs in a close match.
