England captain Ben Stokes on Monday felt his opening batter Zak Crawley was on the receiving finish of a ‘flawed’ DRS name for an LBW, after happening towards India within the second Test. 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 underneath strain earlier than being adjudged LBW off Kuldeep Yadav in an in depth DRS name earlier than lunch. On the sixth ball of his first over, Kuldeep obtained 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.
“Technology in the game is obviously there. Everyone has an understanding of the reasons it can never be 100% which is why we have the umpire’s call. That’s why it’s in place. When it’s not 100% as everyone says, I don’t think it’s unfair for someone to say ‘I think the technology has got it wrong on this occasion’,” Stokes stated after the 106-run loss.
“And that’s my private opinion. I’ll say that. But in a recreation stuffed with ifs, buts and maybes, I’m not going to say that the rationale why we have not obtained the consequence we needed. I’m simply saying my private opinion is that the know-how has gone flawed on this event, and I believe that is truthful to say.
IMO HawkEye obtained 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 can’t really do much with things that have been and gone. A decision has been made, and you can’t really overturn a decision that has been made. That is where I stand on that,” he stated.
There is little bit of virus going round within the crew
Stokes additionally knowledgeable that a few gamers within the squad awoke 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 p.c.
“A couple woke up this morning not feeling great, and when everyone had the same symptoms you know there is something going around. There’s a bit of a virus going round, it’s not an excuse for the result or anything, because it’s a game full of ifs, buts and maybes.
“Something that is not ideal. You obviously want everyone to be 100% and feeling great. But proud that the guys who were feeling under the weather didn’t shy away from anything they needed to do and gave it their best,” stated Stokes including that Joe Root felt quite a bit higher about his proper little finger earlier than strolling out to bat on Monday.
Root didn’t take discipline 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 Test in Rajkot on February 12 or 13. The third Test begins on February 15.
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