R Ashwin on Concussion Substitute: Ravichandran Ashwin’s entry in ‘Concisition’ controversy, questions on the decision E India vs England 4th T20 Pune tspoa

Team India won the Pune T20 by 15 runs against England. With this victory, the Indian team took a 3–1 lead in the five-match T20 series. In Pune T20, Harshit Rana landed on the ground as a conversion substitute, which caused a ruckus. Harshit batting all -rounder Shivam Dubey came on the field and took three wickets while bowling amazing.

Ashwin raises questions on match officials

Fast bowler Harshit Rana changed the attitude of the match by dismissing Liam Livingstone, Jacob Bethel and Jamie Overton. Let us tell you that Shivam Dubey suffered a head injury during batting, due to which Harshit got a chance as a conversion substitute. Now in this case, former Team India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has entered. Ashwin said that seeing the game, it felt as if it was an IPL match. Ashwin questioned the decision of the match official.

R. Ashwin said on YouTube channel, ‘The game is over. India won another series at home ground. How was this match? It was like IPL. Supersab was also present and was played with the game Impact Player. The whole discussion is on how Harshit Rana came in place of Shivam Dubey as a conversion substitute.

He further said, ‘Did we forget that it was an international match. Are we playing IPL matches? I can understand This has happened before. Ravindra Jadeja was conveyed in Canberra and Yuzvendra Chahal was called as a substitute. I do not understand this. At least before, Jadeja had come in place, which was a spinner instead of spinner.

R. Ashwin says, ‘Harshit Rana was brought here in place of Shivam Dubey. Indian or English team has no role in this. If there is no one in the team, then you can say that Harshit Rana can bat a little and Shivam Dubey can bowl a little. So we brought them. Players like Ramandeep Singh were sitting outside, I did not understand.

‘This completely wrong calculation’

R. Ashwin finally said, ‘This is a complete cricketing miscaliation, whether from the umpires or from the match referee. Like Shivam Dubey, Ramandeep Singh was present there. But Harshit Rana was selected as a Concisition Substitute. I think the responsible people should look into it.

According to the ICC rules, when a player suffers a head or eye injury on the field during the match, the Concussion Substitute Rule is applied. However, there should be a substance like for likes. Harshit Rana is a fast bowler, while Shivam Dubey is a batting all -rounder. In such a situation, this decision was a bit surprising. However, only after the approval of the match referee, a player is fielded as a conversion substitute. In this match, the match referee was Jawagal Srinath.