Hyderabad: As the two-Test series ended against New Zealand on Monday, the Indian umpires were in the news but for wrong reasons because of some poor decisions made in Kanpur and Mumbai. Incidentally, the majority of the ridiculous blunders went against India. With the home team umpires formula being continued by the International Cricket Council […]
A BCCI official said Menon's family has coronavirus cases and that is the reason behind the pull out. Nitin's mother and wife have tested positive for coronavirus and that is why he had to pull out.
The incident occurred in the fourth over, when Stokes was found to have applying saliva on the ball and promptly the on-field umpires Nitin Menon and Virender Sharma warned skipper Jos Buttler