The Indian team management is unhappy with the protocol of changing the ball during the Test series against England. He has described his concern to the match Raferi. The management also believes that at the beginning of the important third Test match of the series played in the Lord’s Test earlier this month, it was dishonest to choose the ball.
According to the news of the Indian Express, during England’s first innings at Lord’s, when the second new ball deteriorated after 10 overs, the new ball got a 30-35 over old ball. According to the protocol, the new ball should be as old as the original ball, but it was found that the umpires told the team that no ball in the stock was 10 overs.
The Indian team believes that since they got a soft and old ball instead of a hard ball with swing and seam movement in the first 10 overs, they suffered losses in the Test. England finally won by 22 runs and took a 2–1 lead in the series. The exciting fourth Test ended on a draw and the last match will begin on Thursday.
At the same time, an official of the Indian team said that after about 10 overs in Lord’s, the Dux ball lost its size, as has been often done in this series. The ball did not pass through both the ring. However, the umpires did not have a 10-over ball, so the Indian team got a 30-35 over old ball at a significant turn of the match. After this, see the scoreboard to know how the game changed. The bowlers’ swing decreased and England easily scored runs.