Manchester: the injury at the foot of Rishabh pant on the first day of the fourth test here sparked a debate on the need to allow substitutions comparable to external injuries. Pant who went out with a broken metatarsian made for a big story, but it was a forced decision of the team, because the playing conditions do not allow a replacement to beat or bowl. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is close to offering a provision for similar substitutions later this year, you learned.“There is a chance that the teams can make a replacement for serious external injuries. The case is already being deliberated. A ratification is expected at the next meeting of the ICC Cricket Committee,” said a source from the ICC.
In June, the ICC announced that a “replacement player” condition would be tested by full members of the world organization. “A player who undergoes a serious injury on the playground at any time after the start of the match (including any pre-match warm-up period) can be replaced for the rest of the match by a player comparable to research fully,” the ICC said in a statement on June 25. Former England captain Michael Vaughan made the voice in his support to allow appropriate replacements. “Replacement of injury should be authorized in tests in the first heats of the match,” Vaughan said BBC Sport two months ago. “If there is a real injury in the first rounds, it affects the game and the entertainment, that fans pay money to watch. The first round is a good limit to make it fair.” India, after all, dropped many races when Pant was in the fold because it could not run fast enough to finish obvious singles.
