India’s decision to incorporate the leg spinner as a ‘concussion surrogate’ for Ravindra Jadeja has left the cricket world divided. Jadeja was hit in the helmet by a Mitchell Starc delivery, and although India’s captain Virat Kohli mentioned that it was after the end of innings that the batsman complained of dizziness, forcing India to look for a replacement for concussion, many former cricketers. I have described it as unfair since no physio came to see how Jadeja was at the moment she received a blow to the head.
In fact, after the hull hit, Jadeja’s hitting really took off and produced a game-changing knock of 44, not 23 balls. Jadeja was also seen to be in a little trouble with her hamstring, adding fuel to the entire episode. Between innings, Australia coach Justin Langer, in a conversation with match referee David Boon, did not seem impressed with India’s decision to bring in a substitute for concussion because perhaps he thought it was the tendon injury of the This is what prevented Jadeja from going out into the field.
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The move worked wonders for India as Chahal returned 3/25 of his four overs and dented Australia with wickets on Aaron Finch and Steve Smith in form, an effort for which he was named Man of the Match. After the game, former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar mentioned how the incident promises to make the ICC more active towards the ‘sub-concussion’ rule, believing that the board could make some changes or alterations.
“Really happy to have had that opportunity and I think Virat was also very honest in accepting that, as fate turned out, they had a better shot than someone who maybe couldn’t throw their four overs. Chahal was a huge advantage and thank God India reached 160 because everything was possible, ”Manjrekar said on Sony Sports Network’s ‘Extraaa Innings’ show.
“But now after this, there is going to be a lot of thought about the concussion substitute, the whole concept simply because we, as players, all of us, there are well-intentioned rules, but we are masters at trying to find a way out. in the rule for our own benefit. We do not know if India took advantage of the advantage, but there is something that the ICC must begin to analyze, so that a team does not gain such a great advantage.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan was not impressed with the decision and said the physiotherapist had to be there to see how Jadeja was when he was hit on the hull. Highlighting the same, Manjrekar considered it a ‘violation of protocol’ not to make someone go through the process that convinces that there is indeed a concussion.
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“With what ICC or the referee will have a problem, as Glenn said, there was no visit from the physio. No one came, took no time to see if he was okay. He just kept playing, ”he added.
“It is a violation of protocol what has happened, and I am sure it is something that the match referee will bring up to India, because they opted for a concussion substitute, but one of the main things with the protocol is that at the moment When they hit you head, they have to spend some time out there asking the batter how he feels.
“The physio has to enter, there are a series of questions to be asked and then the player continues to hit, with Jadeja it just happened and there was hardly any delay.”
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