IND vs ENG: BCCI Asks Ball Makers To Recheck Quality, SG Promises Improvement

The Indian cricket board has asked Sanspareils Greenlands (SG), manufacturers of the cricket ball being used in the ongoing Test series, to look into its quality following complaints from India captai

"We saw that though the thread has burst, the ball didn't get destroyed. Umpires also didn't change the ball. In fact, we have already started to work on it. We are not blaming anybody. This is something new that has happened," he pointed out.

Kohli had lashed out at the SG ball in October 2018 during the West Indies' tour of India. "To have a ball scuffed up in five overs is not something that we have seen before. The quality of the ball used to be quite high before and I don't understand the reason why it has gone down. A Dukes ball is still good quality, Kookaburra is still good quality -- whatever limitations a Kookaburra might have, the quality is never compromised," he had said.

Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi on Wednesday lashed out at the Indian team.

"I missed out on Indian (sic) debacle yesterday..which was always on cards..but to 'blame' the SG ball or the wicket or the toss would be barking up the wrong tree-regrouping is as much the need as appreciating English determination to grind & win-also never underestimate any opposition!" Bedi tweeted.

If it is the ball or the pitch damaging the ball, only the remaining matches of the series will tell.

England leads the four-Test series 1-0. The second Test begins at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday.