Shubman Gill, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj interact with the judges over the ball change (PTI Photo/R Senthilkucar) Indian Captain Shubman Gill was seen that after checking the ball, the heated interview with the referees and could not go through the standard hoop used to test its roundness. Mohammed Siraj also looked visibly frustrated. Even during a break Gill, she continued animated with officials, clearly unfortunate with a replacement ball. But the problem did not end there. Only eight exceeded later, after only 48 other supplies – the ball had to be changed again. This contributed to growing concern about the quality of the ball Dukes, which was repeatedly questioned in this series. Former Indian captain Sunil Gavascar was weighed during the commentary. He pointed out what the ball had already looked like he did 20 work instead of only 10. Gavascar added that if such problems occurred in India, the British media would probably cause a storm.
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Former England Fast Bowler Stuart Broad also expressed his displeasure. Broad wrote on X (formerly Twitter) and said, “The cricket ball should be like a great goalkeeper. He barely noticed it.” He called frequent changes in the ball unacceptable and said that Dukes must solve the problem. “The ball should take 80 overs. No 10,” he added.
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Meanwhile, in the field, Jasprit Bumrah stole the morning session with a fiery magic that gave him five goals that helped India Bowl England at 387. The ball could be speaking, but Bumrah and Rahul made sure India had remained firmly in the competition.
