{"id":27509,"date":"2025-02-01T11:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T05:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/?p=27509"},"modified":"2025-02-01T11:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T05:39:51","slug":"harshit-rana-concussion-substitute-controversy-4th-t20i-ind-vs-eng-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/news\/harshit-rana-concussion-substitute-controversy-4th-t20i-ind-vs-eng-2025-27509\/","title":{"rendered":"Harshit Rana Concussion Substitute Controversy 4th T20I IND vs ENG 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a thrilling fourth T20I game in Pune on Friday, India proved victorious over England. Putting up a total score of 181 for 9 in 20 overs, with <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/tag\/hardik-pandya\/\">Hardik Pandya<\/a> and Shivam Dube hitting half-centuries, India had some scratchy moments while batting first. On the other hand, England had a rosy start, but they crumbled against the class of India&#8217;s bowling lineup to be all out for 166. With this victory, India has taken an unassailable lead of 3-1 in the five-match series. The match further became controversial for a certain few reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shivam did not come out to field after the innings break as he was struck on the body by a short delivery from Jamie Overton while batting. <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/ipl\/harshit-rana-ipl-2025-team-price-career-stats-records-14045\/\">Harshit Rana<\/a>, the pacer, was sent as a concussion substitute for him, making his <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/t20\/\">T20I<\/a> debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rana made an immediate impact in the match, finishing with a tally of 3\/33. However, Rana replacing Dube angered many former players, including <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/jos-buttler-captaincy-record-25939\/\">England captain Jos Buttler<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former England captain Michael Vaughan voiced his displeasure on X (formerly Twitter), stating that <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/news\/jos-buttler-gets-furious-with-team-indias-concussion-substitute-like-for-like-replacement-27502\/\">Rana can never be a &#8216;like-for-like&#8217; replacement<\/a> for all-rounder Dube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;How can an out &amp; out bowler replace a batter who bowls part time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,&#8221; Vaughan wrote on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How can an out &amp; out bowler replace a batter who bowls part time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvsENG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#INDvsENG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelVaughan\/status\/1885373477076541822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 31, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s what the rule states:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rule 1.2.7.3 of the ICC playing conditions for concussion substitution states: &#8220;The ICC Match Referee should ordinarily approve a Concussion Replacement Request if the replacement is a like-for-like player whose inclusion will not excessively advantage his team for the remainder of the match.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rule 1.2.7.7 states: &#8220;The decision of the ICC Match Referee in relation to any Concussion Replacement Request shall be final and neither team shall have any right of appeal<\/strong>.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This, however, was not the first occasion India had ever experienced a setup like this. In 2020, in a T20I match against Australia, spinner <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/tag\/yuzvendra-chahal\/\">Yuzvendra Chahal<\/a> was brought on against all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja because of concussion and bagged a Player of the Match award on getting three wickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a thrilling fourth T20I game in Pune on Friday, India proved victorious over England. Putting up a total score of 181 for 9 in 20 overs, with Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube hitting half-centuries, India had some scratchy moments while batting first. On the other hand, England had a rosy start, but they crumbled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6],"class_list":{"0":"post-27509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-featured"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1.webp",1024,490,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1-300x144.webp",300,144,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1-768x368.webp",768,368,true],"large":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1.webp",788,377,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1.webp",1024,490,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1.webp",1024,490,false],"bunyad-small":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1-150x72.webp",150,72,true],"bunyad-medium":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1-450x215.webp",450,215,true],"bunyad-full":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1.webp",1024,490,false],"bunyad-viewport":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1.webp",1024,490,false],"bunyad-768":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1-768x368.webp",768,368,true],"web-stories-poster-portrait":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1-640x490.webp",640,490,true],"web-stories-publisher-logo":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1-96x96.webp",96,96,true],"web-stories-thumbnail":["https:\/\/uccricket.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Harshit-Rana-1-150x72.webp",150,72,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"UC Team","author_link":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/author\/uc-team\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"In a thrilling fourth T20I game in Pune on Friday, India proved victorious over England. 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