Bumrah's Pitch Incident at Lord's: England's Gripes and Cricket's Drama

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In the build-up of the 3rd test match between India and England at the Lord’s cricket ground pitch, which was so much in the talk before the game started, it was seen that the pitch had a hard security setup, which also restricted players from going to the pitch side, but Bumrah went to it.

Generally, we don’t see this many restrictions on checking the pitch before the match starts because no reporters were allowed even to touch the pitch, which they usually do multiple times. However, since the last match’s heavy defeat, England Captain Ben Stokes has said that they want a spicy pitch for the third Test match at Lord’s Cricket Ground.

Why Bumrah Denied to Check Pitch Closely and What Pitch Security Said To Bumrah?

Just before the toss in the England vs India match, Jasprit Bumrah was seen going into the restricted area of the pitch and touching it. After that, the referee/security personnel told him to get away from it, but after that, Bumrah was seen acting like he wanted to step on it as if joking.

The surprising thing about this is why there is so much restriction on the pitch when, in the first two test matches, the same thing was not seen.

Why does England cry too much, Always About the Pitch, But Not Accept Their Poor Performance?

Over the years, it has been clearly seen that England often blame the pitch whenever they face India, especially when preparing to tour India.

We saw the former England player Michael Vaughan trying to be humorous while digging the pitch in his backyard to illustrate what the Indian pitch looks like, as England batters find it quite challenging to judge the ball, and often lose the series by huge margins.

It’s quite amusing how Stokes did not take accountability for the players’ poor performance and blamed it on the pitch, which became like a subcontinent pitch, which is another form of complaining.