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Sanjay Manjrekar expressed his views regarding the rules for bad light:
Cricket fans were eagerly waiting for start of World Test Championship final which was scheduled to commence from June 18 at Rose Bowl, Southampton between India and New Zealand.
Persistent drizzle was the reason of spoiling the enthusiasm and fun which was at the peak after waiting for a long time.
Trouble was not less on the day 2 of WTC final because of bad light towards the end.
New Zealand captain, Kane Williamson won the toss and took the decision of fielding first.
Indians batsman was very energetic at the start of the match but subsequent batters were not able to give much contribution.
Virat Kohli managed to score only 44 runs.49 runs came out of the bat of Ajinkya Rahane. Both the players were very close to the half centuries but unable to complete 50 runs.
Kyle Jamieson has shown highly energetic performance and dismissed two great batsman of team India – Virat Kohli and Rohit.
Some cricket experts and fans have the views that due to such weather conditions it is very difficult to get result.
Sanjay Manjrekar expressed his views regarding the rules for bad light . He expressed his views during a discussion on ESPNCricinfo, and said that rules can be reasonable under such conditions like bad light.
Sanjay Manjrekar expressed his views regarding the rules for bad light after the match on second Day of final of WTC as the game was stopped early because of insufficient light.
Former cricketer and commentator stated that the impact of bad light is this much that batsman is even unable to see the ball and it can be even hurting for him.
Sanjay Manjrekar expressed his views regarding the rules for bad light:
“The rules can be a little bit reasonable. The concept of bad light is that you are so much at a disadvantage that a batsman cannot see the ball and they could get out or could get hurt. But that yardstick is now completely gone.” said Manjrekar
“Now we have a certain kind of understanding of what is good and what is bad, and it is, obviously, the officials now are on the side of taking extra caution. Very rarely you would see the officials forcing the players to continue playing against their wishes. And I have covered the game at the ground on many occasions and the play has been called off, it’s never that dark where you cannot see the ball,” he added.
