Rahul Tiwari
khelja|01-02-2025
After losing the fourth T20 match against India in Pune, England captain Jose Butler was seen very furious. After the match, he opposed the decision to land Harshit Rana in place of Shivam Dubey. He had a chance to match the series. But Harshit Rana, who came as a contingent substance in place of Shivam Dubey, turned his plans. Rana took 3 crucial wickets in 4 overs and became a cause of defeat for the England team looking strong in the match. So Butler was very angry and asked to take 12 players in the next match.
After the defeat in the fourth match, England captain Jose Butler came to do the press conference. During this time, the media questioned him on the ongoing controversy over the Convention Substitute. The answer was that he said that the decision of the match referee Jawagal Srinath was not correct. He did not agree to replace Shivam Dubey with Harshit Rana. Butler, while questioning the referee, said that no discussion was made to him about the replacement. However, he admitted that this was not the reason for losing.
According to Butler, when he came for batting and he was surprised when he saw Harshit. He did not even know who he was. According to him, the like to like replacement was not done. However, he expressed displeasure over Srinath's decisions but did not forget to joke. Responding to the questions of the Contingary Substitute, he jokingly said that 'during the toss in the next match, he will also say that his team is also going to come down with 12 players. In this way, Butler pointed to the IPL's Impact Player Rules.
During the batting of the Indian team, Shivam Dubey's helmet was hit in the 20th over. Despite this, he continued the batting. However, he did not get out to field and complained of dizziness. The England team had played 2 overs while chasing, then Harshit Rana was replaced as a Contingent Substitute in place of Dubey.
Explain that under the rule, the player who is hurt, the team can field exactly the same player. Now Shivam Dubey is a batting all -rounder but Harshit Rana is a bowling all -rounder. There is a lot of difference between the bowling of both, in such a situation, according to the rule, the captain of England raised questions on this.