ENG Vs IND: Shubman Gill out for this reason in Lord’s Test; major factor revealed

Delhi: It was the fourth day of Lord’s Test. It was evening time, but the light was right and there was no obstruction. India was chasing 193 runs and seemed to be in a strong position. The pair of KL Rahul and Karun Nair were batting under 88% control.

Karun Nair’s lapse and Gill’s trouble

Meanwhile, Karun Nair took a straight ball on the pad, he wrongly guessed both the line and length. Shubman Gill came again. He was in excellent form throughout the series and had already scored 601 runs, but this time his game was seen to be changed. They were not able to play even easy balls like full toss and half volley. Their legs were not moving, and the response also looked dull. In the innings of nine balls, he was seen under control of just four balls.

The ball was not visible properly

Test batsmen usually do not bat like this. Later it was discovered that the real problem was happening to see the ball. During the bowling of Bridan Cars, the brightness of the sun was coming from a special angle, so that the batsmen did not see the ball out of hand. It seemed that the ball was coming from a “normal area”, not a clear point of release.

Bridan cars cunning

Cars bowling was about 139 km per hour. This means that the batsman only has half a second to react. If it takes a lot of milliseconds to see the ball, then the result is clear – confident batsman can also miss. In that spell, cars put more than 62.5% balls than good lengths, which usually happens only when the ball is getting reverse swing. But here the matter was something else – it was difficult to bowl from that end, at that time, and from that height.

Did England recognize this opportunity in advance?

During the first innings, Rahul succeeded in playing the yorker of cars somehow. It is possible that England kept that moment in mind and the fourth evening made a strategy with a new ball. Identifying this kind of situation and using it properly shows England’s understanding.

Lord’s Site Screen problem

This problem was also related to Lord’s site screen texture. Instead of the traditional wooden screen, a screen made of polycarbonate has been replaced by a special film. It looks opaque on one side, but gives the facility to peep inside from the other side. Usually it does not cause any problem, but when the sun’s angle is in a particular position, the brightness falls behind the right bowler’s release point. In such a situation, full length balls prove to be the most dangerous.

Experience only teaches to deal with such situations

If it was a daily problem, then the batsmen would talk to the umpire. But this was just a case of a few minutes, so Team India ignored it. 17 years ago, something similar happened with Jacques Kallis, when Flintoff’s ball was not seen due to a window. He too did not try to stop the game, only talked later.

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