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India pacer Harshit Rana in motion throughout fourth T20I vs England in Pune.© BCCI
Pacer Harshit Rana changed all-rounder Shivam Dube as a concussion substitute throughout India’s fourth T20I towards England on Friday. It has created an enormous controversy as former cricketers and even England captain Jos Buttler questioned the transfer. As per the legal guidelines of ICC, concussion substitutes should be like-for-like replacements, which clearly was not within the case of Dube and Rana. Whereas Dube is an all-rounder, Rana is a right-arm quick bowler. Whereas speaking in regards to the substitute, England captain Jos Buttler questioned the transfer and stated that he was not consulted about it.
“It is not a like-for-like replacement. We don’t agree with that,” Buttler stated after the fourth T20I.
“Either Shivam Dube has put on about 25mph with the ball or Harshit’s really improved his batting. It’s part of the game and we really should have gone on to win the match, but we disagree with the decision.
“There was no session [with us]. That is one thing I used to be pondering as I got here out to bat – who’s Harshit on for? They stated he’s a concussion substitute, which I clearly disagreed with. It’s not a like-for-like substitute. They stated that the match referee had made the choice. We had no say in it or any a part of it. However we’ll ask Javagal [Srinath] some questions simply to get some readability round it.
“Like I said, it was not the whole reason why we did not win the match. We had our chances to win the game which we could have still taken. But I’d like to have a bit more clarity on that.”
Dube was concussed after he was struck on the helmet within the last over of India’s innings in the course of the fourth T20I.
(With PTI Inputs)
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