IND vs ENG Stay Rating, fifth T20I: ‘Match referee bought that one unsuitable’
Whilst India and England gear up for the fifth and remaining T20I of the sequence in Mumbai on Sunday, the hosts’ concussion substitute transfer within the fourth sport continues to be a raging debate.
India used Harshit Rana as a concussion alternative for half-centurion Shivam Dube, which allowed the hosts to win the fourth sport of the five-match T20I sequence in Pune on Friday by a margin of 15 runs.
After Dube, who scored 53 from 34 balls, was struck on the helmet by a supply from Jamie Overton within the 19.fifth over, the concussion process was carried out.
Rana performed a vital position, taking three wickets, together with Liam Livingstone’s, and England captain Jos Buttler questioned if the concussion regulation was truly adhered to.
“I feel both Shivam Dube placed on 25 mph with the ball or Harshit Rana has improved so much along with his batting,” Buttler mentioned.
Now former England captain Kevin Pietersen shared his views on India’s transfer.
Pietersen posted on X: “Concussion sub is sort of the subject in every single place right here atm and my view is…it was NEVER a like for like alternative and the match referee ought to simply maintain his hand up and say he bought that one unsuitable. Finish of occasion for good and we transfer on to a different nice conflict this night.”
A like-for-like alternative is permitted by the concussion protocol, and Rana, who does have a Ranji Trophy hundred, was the concussion substitute for medium pacer Dube.
All India did, in line with bowling coach Morne Morkel, was assign a reputation to match referee Javagal Srinath.
“We solely gave a reputation to match referee. After that it is out of our palms. Harshit was having dinner. He needed to rapidly stand up and exit. I believed he did a superb job,” Morkel mentioned.
