Test cricket has been running for more than 4 decades that a new ball will be found after 80 overs, but England’s ball maker Dux wants it to reduce it to 60 overs. Questions have been raised in 2 Test series including India vs England regarding this ball. Shubman Gill also gave a statement about this, after which the ball maker company has suggested that one should consider bringing a new ball after 60 overs.
High scoring matches were seen in the first 2 matches of India vs England Test series. In the second Test, Shubman Gill played a historic innings of 430 (269, 161) runs, with which India defeated England by a big margin of 336 runs. Despite the victory, captain Shubman Gill expressed disappointment over the Dux ball. In the report of Hindustan Times, Gill was quoted as saying, "More than the pitch, the ball is getting soft and getting spoiled quickly. If the bowler knows that he will get help in just 20 overs and then you have to bowl and bowl, just think about stopping runs, then the game loses its importance."
Dux ball maker company said
Dux factory owner Dilip Jajodia said in a conversation with Mumbai Mirror, "Criticizing the ball has now become a fashion. Bowlers and captains have made such a habit, if they do not get wickets, they try to pressurize the umpire."
Let us know that from 1980, it is a rule that after 80 overs, a new ball will be found at the behest of the captain of the fielding team. In the India vs England Test series, many complaints were made about the ball. Rishabh Pant also punished him by the ICC for what he did when he did not change the ball. In the 14th over on the last day of the match, the fielders requested to change the ball, even after this, the appeal was made several times and finally the umpire changed the ball in the 28th over.
In the second Test, Ben Stokes had made the first demand to change the ball in the 16th over, he complained to the umpire about changing the shape of the ball. After trying 4 times, the ball was replaced in the 56th over. Josh Hazlewood also complained about the ball during the West Indies vs Australia Test series. He had said that he did not bowl with a 70 -over soft ball.
What is the reason for the ball shape deterioration?
Dux ball maker company believes that the ball lost its shape due to flat pitches in the India vs England Test series. Jajodia said, "Powerful players hit the ball loudly, the ball collides with the stands due to the shots with a sharp shot and sometimes his shape deteriorates. No one talks about the form of bowlers or flat pitches. Dux balls are considered helpful for bowlers, now when 5 centuries are being scored in a Test, everyone is telling the mistake of the ball. If anything is wrong, it is a pitch or ball fault, never a player. When the batsman is out at zero, the bowlers do not get wickets, then it is due to the ball.
He has demanded that instead of 80 overs, the rule of changing the ball should be considered between the 60th and 70th over. He says that it is not possible that the ball remains strict till the 80th over. Not every ball is made from the machine, which remained the same. Rules (T) New Ball in Test Cricket after how many overs
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