Harshit Rana Concussion Substitute for Shivam Dube Controversy: After Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey’s stormy half-century, India defeated England by 15 runs in the fourth T20 International Cricket match on Friday to take a 3–1 lead in the five-match series. India has not lost the last 17 bilateral T20 international series in the country. Chasing India’s target of 182 runs, England team leg spinners Ravi Bishnoi (three wickets for 28 runs) and Varun Chakraborty (two wickets for 28 runs) and Harshit Rana (three wickets for 33) in front of bowling 19.4 in front of 19.4 It was reduced to 166 runs in the over. In this match, India’s discussion was more discussed than Harshit Rana’s Shivam Dubey to play as a concentration subsidy.
After the first innings, Shivam Dubey did not land on the ground as a bouncer of Jamie Overton was on his helmet during the batting. In his place, fast bowler Harshit Rana came as a conversion substitute and made his T20 debut. Rana showed his fire as soon as he came for bowling and took wickets. This proved to be very important for the match. However, many former cricketers including England captain Jose Butler were unhappy with Rana’s arrival in place of Dubey.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said on X (East Twitter) that fast bowler Rana all-rounder Dubey’s ‘Like-for-Like’ cannot be replaced. Vaughan posted on X, “How can an out and out bowler replace the batsman who bowls part -time.”
What does rule book say
According to Rule 1.2.7.3 of the ICC Convention Replacement, “ICC match referee should usually approve a convention replacement request if the replacement is the same player whose joining will not benefit his team in the rest of the match. “
Rule 1.2.7.7 states: “The decision of the ICC match referee regarding any convention replacement request will be final and no team will have any right to appeal.”
Butler tightens the ‘Contingency Sab’
Butler claimed that his team was not consulted and he would ask the match referee Jawagal Srinath to clarify what really means to unload the player with the same qualification in the event of an injury. Butler said in a sarcastic tone, “I don’t think a player with equal qualifications is not allowed. We do not agree. I think either Shivam Dubey has added an additional speed of 25 miles per hour in his bowling or joy Has really improved his batting. “
He said, “I still think we should have won the match, but yes, we disagree with the decision. We were not consulted in this. He said that the match referee had decided. So there was any of our any of our The kind of opinion is not included. We will ask Jawagal (Srinath) to get some clarity about it. ”
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