Aakash Chopra, a former batter, was upset when Zing Bail’s controversy broke out during the first Test match between India and Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. At the end of the day, Ebadot Hossain bowled a back-of-a-length delivery, and while facing it, Shreyas Iyer encountered a difficult challenge.
The stumps were hit by the ball, but the bails stood their ground. When Iyer was batting on 77, he received a significant lifeline. He went on to play an innings of 86 runs in 192 balls with 10 boundaries.
Chopra didn’t hold back and stated that the batter should be ruled out if the ball hits the stumps and the bails light up. He took to Twitter and wrote, “Zing Bails are a bit of a joke… Honestly…if it lights up, it should be OUT.”
Here is Aakash Chopra’s tweet on Shreyas Iyer incident
Zing Bails are a bit of a joke…
Honestly…if it lights up, it should be OUT. #BanvInd— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) December 14, 2022
Shreyas Iyer also received a lucky break after Ebadot missed a straightforward catch off of Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the deep. Shreyas Iyer attempted to time the ball correctly to clear deep mid-wicket, but he failed. Despite being in a good position to catch the ball, Ebadot was unable to do so.
India scored 278 runs on the first day of play while losing six wickets in 90 overs. The best Indian batter was Cheteshwar Pujara, who amassed 90 runs before being bowled out by Taijul Islam. Rishabh Pant contributed as well, scoring 46 runs in a flash. In the first session of the day’s play, India lost three early wickets as Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, and KL Rahul played a poor game.
At the time of writing this article, India has been dismissed after scoring 404 runs in 133.4 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin played a crucial knock of 58 runs in 113 balls, with two boundaries and two sixes in his innings. On the other hand, Kuldeep Yadav also played a valiant knock and scored 40 runs in 113 balls, with five boundaries to his name. Umesh Yadav played a short cameo of 15 runs in 10 balls, with two sixes to get to this total.
