In the last round match in the group stage of Ranji Trophy, all the attention and discussion was on the competition of Delhi-Railway. The reason for this was Virat Kohli, who was returning to this tournament after 12 years. But now another match has caught everyone's attention and the reason for this is not a superstar, but serious allegations like fixing. This controversy has come to light in the match being played between Jammu and Kashmir (JK) and Baroda, in which the team of Jammu and Kashmir accused the host of pitch fixing, due to which the game of the third day stayed for a long time.

Jammu and Kashmir accused of tampering pitch

On the third day of this match of Elite Group A being played in Vadodara, this controversy came to light, which surprised everyone. Jammu and Kashmir had to pursue their second innings beyond the score of 125 runs, but there was a ruckus before the third day's play started. JK's team alleged that the host Baroda has made it according to its mind by molesting the pitch overnight.

JK alleged that the pitch of Reliance Stadium on which the match started from January 30, was seen to be completely changed on the third day. He alleged that the color of the pitch was the color of the pitch at the end of the second day's play, that was the third day. It appeared completely changed. In such a situation, the visiting team accused the team of Baroda, captained by Krunal Pandya, of fixing pitch and refused to land on the field.

The match started after one and a half hours

Jammu and Kashmir coach Ajay Sharma made his complaint with both umpires and referees of the match with this allegation. Then after a long discussion and persuasion, the match could finally start with a delay of one and a half hours. As far as changing the color of the pitch is concerned, the reason for the pitch was told by the BCCI.

In fact, one of the major reasons for the controversy is that the impact of this match is going to be qualified in the quarter -finals of both teams. Jammu and Kashmir, which defeated a strong team like Mumbai in their last match, needs only one draw from this match to reach the quarter-finals, while if Baroda has to reach the next round, then it will have to win in any case. . But in the first innings of this match, the hosts were piled on only 166 runs and Jammu and Kashmir took a significant lead of 80 runs.