Ind vs Eng 3rd Test: ‘If it happened in India …’ – Sunil Gavaskar reacted to Lord’s in the ball change drama. Cricket news

India captain Shubman Gill was seen having a warm conversation with the umpires after checking the ball and failed to pass through the standard circle used to test its roundness. Mohammad Siraj was also clearly disappointed. Even during the drink break, Gill continued to speak animated with the authorities, clearly unhappy with the replacement ball. But the issue did not end there. Only eight overs later, only 48 and after delivery – the ball had to change once again. This added increasing concern around the quality of the Duke Ball, which has been repeatedly questioned in this series. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar weighed the situation during the commentary. He told how the ball was already looking like he had worked for 20 overs instead of just 10. Gavaskar said that if such issues were in India, the British media would have raised a storm.

Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad also voiced his displeasure. Writing on X (East Twitter), Broad said, “The cricket ball should be like a good wicketkeeper. Barely seen.” He constantly called the ball unacceptable and said that Duke needs to fix the problem. He said, “One ball should stay in 80 overs. No,” he said.

Meanwhile, on the field, Jasprit Bumrah stole the morning session with a fierce magic, replacing him with five wickets, excluding England for 387 in England. In response, India reached 145 for 3 in stumps, 58* and Rishabh pants flowed despite a finger. The ball is doing one thing, but Bumrah and Rahul made sure that India stayed firm in the competition.