Watch: With Video Evidence, Ex India Star Calls Out "English Cricket's Hypocrisy"

04.07.2023 - 11:35 sports.ndtv.com

Amid the uproar in the England cricketing spectrum over the controversial dismissal of Ben Stokes on Day 5 of the Lord's Test, there are many who have called out the team's "hypocrisy".

As a number of fans share video evidence of occasions where Englan players had themselves inflicted dubious dismissals, former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has also joined the bandwagon.

Chopra reacting to a video from 2022, highlighted how England have themselves failed to lift the 'spirit of the game' themselves.

On Tuesday, a fan shared the video of a Jack Leach delivery where the England spinner got New Zealand's Henry Nicholls caught after his shot hit the bat of non-striker Dary Mitchell.

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