VVS Laxman fears cricket going football way with controversial coded signals strategy

Former Indian Test specialist VVS Laxman fears cricket is heading in football's direction with controversial coded signals strategy after English team had adopted this strategy during third and final T20I against South Africa at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town last week.

't right thing': VVS Laxman

“Often in T20 cricket, if captain needs to make a decision, he discusses it with coach or support staff or a senior player, and post that discussion, a captain usually comes to a decision. But if this thing (use of placard) forms a part of rule, n I believe it is t right thing, as you want captain to fulfill his role. Orwise, you don’t require a captain, and team can be run from outside similar to football where manr runs team,” said Laxman while interacting on Star Sports show Cricket Connected.

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What was coded information all about?

It had so happened that while England were fielding in first innings, English team's analyst Nathan Leamon was seen sending a piece of coded information to 2019 World Cup-winning skipper from dressing room during course of game and it was just a matter of time before it went viral. 

While it is still unkwn what kinds of messs are conveyed via this technique but,  what really stood out here is that series of letters and numbers were hung from balcony of reigning ODI world champions. information was a combination of a letter and number i.e. 4E.

While it did create a lot of confusion initially, England's star limited-overs wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler decoded it during post-match session. elegant middle-order batsman explained that it was just a little bit of an experiment.

“It’s a little help, a suggestion, and what match-ups are going on. Eoin and Nathan work closely on analysis. It’s just a little bit of an experiment. Eoin is one of best captains in world, a fantastic, instinctive captain, and re’s a nice balance going on,” said Buttler while speaking to BBC.

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