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Duke ball controversy: Cricketers are being tricked, says ball factory owner
The controversy over the ball is not leaving the England-India Test series. The latest is that the umpires were forced to change the ball again at the end of the 56th over of India’s innings today. When the umpires were selecting the ball after the first water break of the day, commentator Ravi Shastri somehow shouted on television. The former Indian coach and captain said, ‘Here it is again. Another ball is being changed! I will call it ridiculous now, if the ball was to be changed, it should have been done at the beginning of the water break.’
Duke ball controversy: Cricketers are being tricked, says ball factory owner
Shastri criticized the umpires, but the players are upset with the Duke ball. The ball is getting soft quickly, the thread is tearing. All in all, the talk about the Duke ball has not diminished since the beginning of the series. Many experienced cricketers have expressed concerns about the condition of the ball, and even former England captain Nasser Hussain has seen ‘abnormalities’ in the ball’s behavior.
Shubman Gill was seen arguing with the umpires in the Lord’s Test. Once, the ball had to be changed in the 11th over of the innings.
However, Dilip Jajodia, the owner of the ball-making company, is not paying any attention to these criticisms. On the contrary, he pointed his finger at the mentality of the cricketers and said that today’s players are sneaky.
Jajodia told Telecom Asia Sport, “Nobody used to complain so much in the past. Today’s players are sneaky. People need to understand that making a ball is not an easy task. If it were easy, there would be hundreds of ball-making factories. Remember, we don’t just sit on chairs and smoke cigars. We are trying to produce world-class products.”
The controversy over the ball is not leaving the England-India Test series. The latest is that the umpires were forced to change the ball again at the end of the 56th over of India’s innings today. When the umpires were selecting the ball after the first water break of the day, commentator Ravi Shastri somehow shouted on television. The former Indian coach and captain said, ‘Here it is again. Another ball is being changed! I will call it ridiculous now, if the ball was to be changed, it should have been done at the beginning of the water break.’
Shastri criticized the umpires, but the players are upset with the Duke ball. The ball is getting soft quickly, the thread is tearing. All in all, the talk about the Duke ball has not diminished since the beginning of the series. Many experienced cricketers have expressed concerns about the condition of the ball, and even former England captain Nasser Hussain has seen ‘abnormalities’ in the ball’s behavior.
Shubman Gill was seen arguing with the umpires in the Lord’s Test. Once, the ball had to be changed in the 11th over of the innings.
However, Dilip Jajodia, the owner of the ball-making company, is not paying any attention to these criticisms. On the contrary, he pointed his finger at the mentality of the cricketers and said that today’s players are sneaky.
Jajodia told Telecom Asia Sport, “Nobody used to complain so much in the past. Today’s players are sneaky. People need to understand that making a ball is not an easy task. If it were easy, there would be hundreds of ball-making factories. Remember, we don’t just sit on chairs and smoke cigars. We are trying to produce world-class products.”
