Huge drama at Trent Bridge on 3rd day of 2nd test match between India and England took place on last ball before tea. This drama and decision though will be remembered for ever in the history of cricket. Everyone in World is going to remember, what Dhoni did on 31st of July.
Question is not whether Ian Bell was out or not, because, in some eyes, he will look out, and in some eyes he will not. It was a situation where in movies; you can see a culprit with murder weapon in his hands, blood in his clothes of a victim and victim dead body. For many lawyers it’s a clear cut case where you just give out a verdict saying, “Bell is a murderer”. However no one really knows whether Ian bell actually did committed a murder or not.
Only Ian Bell knows when he took those quick 3 steps towards non-striker’s end, was he really looking for 4th run OR was he actually running towards Morgan to celebrate that they just pass out a session without loosing a wicket.
Ian Bell clears out the confusion and declares that it was an honest mistake or naïve mistake to wait till the ball is dead. If you refer the Law book, he is out. Probably he will understand the outcome; probably he will be angry for a while and forget about it. However, Will Strauss is able to forget it? I doubt. Would English team will be able to forget about it? I doubt. Would British Media will be able to forget about it? I doubt.
The incident could have been repeated in some form or another during the next 2 test matches and any Indian batsman might be the Victim next time. However what Dhoni and team India did and the decision that they took today, is something out of ordinary. Only an Indian Team can take such a brave decision. It’s an Indian Way, It’s our Culture to forget the “Naïve” Mistake of opposition and “Forgive” them. Dhoni’s decision was a Mahatma Gandhi moment in Cricket.
Spirit of the game comes into play when you have some gray area and doubts. This was a doubtful call and in such situation you really have to go with the Spirit of the game, where Right Decision was to ask Ian Bell to come back. It was also a calculative decision. There were few overs left before new ball was due and even if you remove bell, Prior would have came and destroyed Indian spinners much the same way, Bell and Morgan did. Probably Prior would have got even more runs (consider he was going more than run a ball, after new ball is taken). India would not have achieved anything by taking bell out of equation. Considering the situation, Logically, Spiritually, Theoretically, It was a right decision to call Bell back. All I can say to Dhoni is : Yehi hai Right Choice Baby !!!! aha.
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