In the Pune T20 match against England, Team India won by 15 runs. But there was also a big controversy in this match. Actually, Team India made a big change during this match. Harshit Rana was included in the team as a contingent substitute due to the ball in the helmet of Shivam Dubey. But England team and some former players did not look happy with this decision. Many people believe that Team India did not use the Like to Like Convention Replacement. Let me tell you, this was the second time in international cricket when the Indian team used the Convention Substitute. Earlier, the Indian team used this rule in the year 2020, even then there was a dispute.

There was a ruckus on the Convention Substitute in 2020

In fact, Team India used the Convention Substitute for the first time on the tour of Australia in 2020. Then Yuzvendra Chahal was fielded as a replacement in place of Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja complained of ham-string in the 19th over during India's innings in the first match of the T20 series on this tour. At the same time, in the over, Mitchell Starc's ball was hit on Jadeja's helmet in the over. After this he did not come on the field for bowling and Chahal got a place in playing 11.

In that match, Ravindra Jadeja scored 44 runs in 23 balls. At the same time, Chahal wreaked havoc in bowling. Chahal had taken three wickets for 25 runs in four overs and Australia had to face defeat by 11 runs chasing India's score of 161 runs. The special thing was that Yuzvendra Chahal was also chosen as the Player of the Match for this performance. But the Australian team strongly opposed this decision.

Australian coach argued with match referee

The then Australian coach Justin Langer raised his voice against this decision of Team India. He was very angry and he had an argument with the match referee David Boon during the match. The Australian team also did not call it like for like replacement then. Let me tell you, the ICC implemented the rules of the Convention Substitute in 2019. It was brought on the lines of like for likes. But whenever the Indian team has used this rule, there has been a dispute.