India vs England, 2nd Test: Fierce battle in store as India takes on England at Lord’s

Expect the sparks to fly as India takes on England in the second test of the 5 Match Test series starting today. ..

Updated: July 22, 2014 1:07 PM IST

By Sooraj Kumar

India vs England, 2nd Test: Fierce battle in store as India takes on England at Lord's

Expect the sparks to fly as India takes on England in the second test of the 5 Match Test series starting today. With the ECB launching the counter complain against Ravindra Jadeja the relations between these two teams have deteriorated further. The ICC on its part has charged Jadeja with level II offence that leads to fine of 50% to 100% of his match fees or a ban of one test or two One day internationals, depending on the type of next match that is scheduled for the suspended player. This will not go down well with the Indian team that feels hard done and bullied by ECB.

It must be recalled that ECB filed this complaint on Wednesday through its manager, Phil Neale, a day after International Cricket Council charged James Anderson with level III offence of ICC Code of Conduct. The alleged offence by the English player was reported to ICC under Article 2.3.3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personal which states – “Where the facts of the alleged incident are not adequately or cleanly covered by any of the above offences, conduct that either: (a) is contrary to the spirit of the game; or (b) brings the game into disrepute.” This complaint has just soured the already battered relations between the two cricketing giants.

Both teams are expected to come hard after this incident and the game will now be played fiercely both on and off field. The incident has just spiced up the series. It is speculated that both Boards – Board of Control for Cricket in India and England and Wales Cricket Board tried hard to resolve this issue impeccably without taking the official route of filling complaint with ICC. However, it was MS Dhoni who put his foot down and told enough is enough and the Indian players should not be taken for granted.

The former players have jumped in with Sunil Gavaskar stating that “Anderson-Jadeja tiff is not good for the game and some action is due as prevention is better than cure”. While the former Australian Captain Ian Chappel says that the ICC has not been good enough to handle such on-field spats and the decisions made by it are not in the best interest of the game of cricket but are made money-wise. Former England Captain Geoffery Boycott has recommended “stern punishment” if the England fast bowler is found guilty of pushing and abusing Ravindra Jadeja during the lunch break on the second day of the Trent Bridge Test. Another former England Captain Michael Vaughan as expected has tweeted in favour of Anderson and has Questioned Mahendra Singh Dhoni, as to why the Indians took so long to file the official complaint.

Vaughan for his part should not be taken seriously as he is known for making weird observations and biased comments. It must be observed; in 2011 series he had alleged that VVS Laxman had greased the edge of his bat with Vaseline jelly to avoid Hotspot technology detecting faint edges. There was neither any substance nor base for his allegation. Back then Sunil Gavaskar felt that Laxman should have sued Michael Vaughan. The new incident has definitely raised the temperate in both camps and no team would be willing to give an inch when they take on each other in few hours from now.

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