Ishan Kishan Faces Ball Tampering Controversy as Australia-A Beats India-A

On the last day of the unofficial Test match played between India-A and Australia-A, India’s young wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan got embroiled in controversies. Ishan Kishan has been accused of misbehavior and ball tampering. On the last day of the match on Sunday, the matter seemed to worsen and if the umpires found him guilty of not listening, then the Indian player may get into trouble.

According to local media, Ishan Kishan had argued with the field umpires about changing the ball, due to which he may be banned. The fourth day of the match started late because the umpires changed the ball. They said that there were scratch marks on the ball. India-A players were seen arguing with the umpires regarding this. During this, field umpire Shawn Craig was heard saying that the visiting team was responsible for the scratch marks on the ball.

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Ball Tampering Concerns

According to the report of Australian newspaper The Age, the umpire said, “You scratched the ball. We changed the ball. No more discussion on this. Let’s start the match, this is not a matter of debate. You are playing with this ball.” Ishan replied, “Very rude.” This made the umpire even more angry. Responding to Ishan, he said, “You can be penalized for expressing dissatisfaction with the decision. This is wrong behavior. We have changed the ball because of what you did.

How serious the umpires are about ball tampering will be known after the match. If Indian players are found guilty of this, then they can also be banned according to Cricket Australia’s code of conduct.

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Australia-A Secures Victory

The match started after a while and Australia-A won. On the last day, the host team needed 86 runs to win. Captain Nathan McSweeney scored an unbeaten 88. At the same time, Beau Webster played an innings of 61 runs and led his team to victory. India had scored 312 runs in the second innings. Sai Sudarshan scored a century and Devdutt Padikkal scored 88 runs. But in the last innings, Australia-A batsmen played a strong game and won.

Team India A Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Abhimanyu Ishwavaran, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Baba Indrajith, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Nitish Reddy, Manav Suthar, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna and Mukesh Kumar.

Australia A Playing XI: Nathan McSweeney (captain), Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris, Cameron Bancroft, Beau Webster, Cooper Connolly, Josh Phillip (wicketkeeper), Fergus O’Neill, Todd Murphy, Brendan Doggett and Jordan Buckingham.

Fans are eager to see if Team India A can overcome this challenge and put up a strong total to pressure Australia A in this unofficial Test match.