Conspiracy under the guise of Test cricket! The British laid the ‘trap of deception’ to win the Edgbuston Test
IND vs Eng: Test cricket is called the ‘Gentleman Game’, but in the ongoing Test match between India and England (IND Vs ENG) at Edgbaston ground in Birmingham, the English team laid a deception on the field to win the match. The decision to bowl by winning the toss, cited overcast condition, and then pulling the boundary rope in-was it all just a coincidence or England’s cheating? Let’s know the layers of this ‘deception’…
In the second Test match between India and England, England captain Ben Stokes decided to bowl first as soon as he won the toss. He explained the reason for this – Edgbaston’s overcast (clouded) status.
However, the pitch could not show much movement on the first day and the real reason for falling wickets was the batsmen missed, not the magical balls of the bowlers. Even England bowlers could not achieve swing or bounce as expected.
Boundary rope was drawn inside – strategy or cunning,
Meanwhile, former English Pesar Steven Finn made a big disclosure on BBC. He informed that the boundary rope has been made into considerable in comparison to normal Test matches. He also said that this change clearly seems part of England’s run chase strategy
In Test cricket, domestic teams often prepare the pitch in their favorable, but reducing the length of the boundary is probably the most fine and clever change in the strategy so far. There is no written rule that stops it, but in terms of sportsmanship, this decision is now under debate.
Shubman’s century innings broke English plan
Indian captain Shubman Gill showed his class amidst all the strategic changes of England. In the first day’s game, he scored the second century of this tour and India had scored 310 runs for 5 wickets by the end of the day’s play.
It will now be seen whether England’s strategy of ‘tampering’ of England will be able to benefit him in the last innings or not. But one thing is certain – the Azbaston Test has become an arena of strategy, tricks and mental sports, not just cricket.
