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There was a big controversy between India and England during the fourth T20 match played in Pune. During the match, fast bowler Harshit Rana was fielded as a conversion substitute after Shivam Dubey hit the helmet in the last over of India’s innings. On the fifth ball of the final over of the Indian innings, the helmet of Shivam Dubey (53 runs) was hit by Jamie Overton. The match reached a decisive position when expert fast bowler Harshit Rana was called for bowling in place of all -rounder Shivam Dubey after the 12th over of England’s innings.
Allegations of dishonesty on Harshit Rana
The attitude of this match changed. He bowled 4 overs and took 3 wickets for 33 runs. England captain Jose Butler expressed his disappointment at the press conference after the match, how expert fast bowler Harshit Rana was brought into a match as a connection option rather than part -time bowling all -rounder Shivam Dubey. Due to this incident, England not only lost the fourth T20 match by 15 runs but also lost the series. After the match, Team India is being accused of ‘dishonesty’ by fans of social media and England team.
Butler rages in press conference
England captain Jose Butler agreed in the press conference after the match and said that it was not a change of change. We do not agree with this. England captain Jose Butler, while taking a sarcasm at Team India, said that whether Shivam Dubey has increased his bowling pace by about 25 mph or Harshit Rana has really made a significant improvement in his batting. It is part of the game and we should actually win the match. But we disagree with this decision.
What is the connection rule?
According to ICC rules, Claus 1.2.7.3 states that if the player being replaced is the same, the ICC match referee should approve the recommendation of connection replacement. Due to which his team will not get any special benefit in the remaining part of the match. This means that only the batsman can replace the batsman, only the bowler can replace the bowler, and only the batting all -rounder can replace the batting all -rounder. But this move of Team India has launched a new debate. Expert fast bowler like Harshit Rana was included in place of all -rounder Shivam Dubey and he was called for bowling in the 12th over of England’s innings. It is clear that Shivam Dubey is not skilled in bowling like Harshit Rana, nor is Harshit Rana Kushal in batting like Shivam Dubey.
