control board for Cricket After discussions with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in India (BCCI) announced in a statement on Friday that the fifth and final Test at Old Trafford in Manchester has been cancelled. The ECB had said in its statement that due to the possibility of further increase of Kovid-19 cases inside the camp, India would not be able to field the team.
The news came as a major disappointment to both English and Indian cricket fans and they blamed poor management for the current mess.
While English fans believed that Team India members broke the COVID-19 bubble rules which eventually led to the virus inside their camp, Indian fans had a different opinion.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said in a tweet that ‘India has let England cricket down’.
India let English cricket down!!! But England let South African cricket down!!! – Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) September 10, 2021
The post sparked a sharp reaction with one of the users to blame the England board for its poor management which involved large crowds, no social distancing, no bio bubble with fans in the ground.
England let Indian cricket down. Bad measure by the Board of England. Big crowd, no social distancing, no bio bubble, fans running in the field. – Uncle Sadhu (@oldschoolmonk) September 10, 2021
Another user on the microblogging site agreed to disagree with Vaughan, making a sarcastic comment. He wrote that India did not disappoint England by completing the fourth Test despite their coaches testing positive, while England certainly did not disappoint India by treating Jarvoo as a joke and not a shameful and grave error. The third wrote, “English cricket should also ensure that the bubble protection is tight, this means that people like Jarvoo from the crowd cannot go and touch the players.”
Yes. India disappointed England by completing the fourth Test despite the coaches testing positive. And England certainly didn’t let Jarvoo down as a joke but as a shameful and grave error. Ishaan Ahluwalia (@IshAhluwalia) September 10, 2021
English cricket should also ensure that bubble protection is tight, this means people like Jarvoo from the crowd can’t go and touch the players! – ProVijay (@ProVijay) September 10, 2021
England fans blamed the book launch event which was attended by India cricketers along with coach Ravi Shastri. Pictures of the same had surfaced online and it was heavily criticized by many.
They caught it as a book signing that was not sanctioned by the ECB and the Indian team went anyway……Nothing to do with England or ECB- John Lewis (@levi75) September 10, 2021
But the positive case came from the organizing of the book, not the crowd. So it is not ECB’s fault in this.
— josh john bob (@joshjhonbob) September 10, 2021
Currently, in the five-match Test series, India lead 2-1, as the first Test was a draw.
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