Author: mashooque.malhar@gmail.com

Shivam Dube made his presence and absence count in the fourth T20I against England in Pune on Friday and Jos Buttler was not too amused. The England skipper vented out his displeasure after India used a concussion sub for the all-rounder. The replacement, Harisht Rana, was as impactful with the ball as Dube was with the bat.”Either Shivam Dube has put on about 25 mph with the ball or Harshit has really improved his batting.” Buttler fumed. “It’s not a like-for-like replacement, we don’t agree with that. It’s part of the game, I still think we should have gone on to win the match but we disagree with the decision.” The England skipper did not try to mince words after India won the game 15 runs to take an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. The fifth and final T20I is at the Wankhede in Mumbai on Sunday.Dube, batting at No 6, hammered a typically belligerent half century (53) before being run out off the last ball of the Indian innings. A ball earlier (19.5), he was hit on the helmet. India brought in Rana as a concussion substitute when they fielded. Buttler said he will take up the matter as there was no consultation.

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