England captain Ben Stokes on Monday felt his opening batter Zak Crawley was on the receiving finish of a ‘unsuitable’ DRS name for an LBW, after happening in opposition to India within the second Check. Crawley was England’s finest batter within the recreation, scoring 76 and 73 in his two innings. On day 4, he blended warning with aggression to place the Indian bowlers beneath strain earlier than being adjudged LBW off Kuldeep Yadav in a detailed DRS name earlier than lunch. On the sixth ball of his first over, Kuldeep received one to show again in from center stump. It appeared the ball was happening leg however DRS confirmed that it was hitting the leg-stump.
Stokes didn’t appear to agree with the DRS name.
“Know-how within the recreation is clearly there. Everybody has an understanding of the explanations it could possibly by no means be 100% which is why now we have the umpire’s name. That is why it is in place. When it isn’t 100% as everybody says, I do not assume it is unfair for somebody to say ‘I believe the expertise has received it unsuitable on this event’,” Stokes mentioned after the 106-run loss.
“And that’s my private opinion. I’ll say that. However in a recreation filled with ifs, buts and maybes, I’m not going to say that the rationale why we have not received the consequence we needed. I am simply saying my private opinion is that the expertise has gone unsuitable on this event, and I believe that is honest to say.
IMO HawkEye received the Crawley lbw spot on. Kuldeep releases from near the stumps, ball pitched on leg, hit Crawley in entrance of leg stump and he was proper again on his stumps. OUT!#indveng pic.twitter.com/FJrSIS3yjI
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) February 5, 2024
“You possibly can’t actually do a lot with issues which were and gone. A choice has been made, and you’ll’t actually overturn a call that has been made. That’s the place I stand on that,” he mentioned.
There’s little bit of virus going round within the staff
Stokes additionally knowledgeable that a few gamers within the squad wakened sick on Monday morning. It has been learnt that Ben Foakes, Ollie Pope and Tom Hartley, who all batted within the second innings, weren’t 100%.
“A pair wakened this morning not feeling nice, and when everybody had the identical signs you understand there’s something going round. There is a little bit of a virus going spherical, it isn’t an excuse for the consequence or something, as a result of it is a recreation filled with ifs, buts and maybes.
“One thing that’s not preferrred. You clearly need everybody to be 100% and feeling nice. However proud that the blokes who have been feeling beneath the climate did not shrink back from something they wanted to do and gave it their finest,” mentioned Stokes including that Joe Root felt loads higher about his proper little finger earlier than strolling out to bat on Monday.
Root didn’t take subject within the final two session on Sunday. England will fly again to their coaching base in Abu Dhabi and can return to India for the third Check in Rajkot on February 12 or 13. The third Check begins on February 15.
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