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England captain Jos Buttler took a brutal dig at Suryakumar Yadav-led India for the concussion substitute controversy that happened in the fourth T20I in Pune, it was a game that created lot of controversy due to India's concussion substitute choice. While coming at toss during the fifth T20I at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Coming to the incident, Shivam Dube was in the original playing XI and smashed a fifty in the first innings to take India to a strong total but he was unable to come to the field during the second innings and India brought in Harshit Rana as his concussion substitute.
He made an impact with the ball and picked three wickets, but it did not go well with the English camp and their captain along with other experts stated that Rana was not the like-for-like replacement of Shivam Dube.
"Yeah we did, we played good cricket in patches. We are trying to enforce the style of play, we want to and win crucial moments in the game. Yeah, good vibe around the team. This is a good venue to play cricket in any format. It is usually a good wicket. We are going to chase. We got one change, Mark Wood comes in and four impact subs are Rehan Ahmed, Saqib Mahmood, Jamie Smith, Gus Atkinson. Yeah, both teams have high-octane batting, this is the venue for us.
Coming back to the fifth Test, England won the toss and opted to bowl first. Suryakumar Yadav-led side have already won the series 3-1. Suryakumar Yadav-led India benched Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami comes in the playing XI of the fifth Test. On the other hand, Buttler has made one change to the playing XI with Mark Wood coming in for Saqib Mahmood.
