Duke's ball manufacturing owner promises reviewing quality following criticism

Overview

• Dilip Jajodia, the owner of Duke's Ball Manufacturing, promised to review the quality of the balls, following criticism
• Shubman Gill, the Indian captain, had complained about the Duke's ball getting softer way too early
• Before the Lord's Test, Jajodia had refused Gill's claims, but was given a reality check at the Home of Cricket

Dilip Jajodia, the owner of Duke's Ball Manufacturing, promised to review the quality of the balls following criticism in the Lord's Test. A couple of balls failed to pass through the ring just after getting a little over ten and eight overs, respectively. Jajodia acknowledged the issue and claimed to inspect the quality of the raw materials and everything needed to tighten up.

"We will take it away, inspect, and then start talking to the tanner, talking about all of the raw materials – everything. Everything we do will be reviewed, and then if we think some changes need to be made or tightened up," said Dilip Jajodia in an interview with BBC Sport.

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After winning the Edgbaston Test by 336 runs, Shubman Gill had complained of the Duke's Ball going soft way before than they should have. Even the fans, experts, and others agreed with the Indian captain to take action against the manufacturing of the Duke's ball, which seemed to be a repetitive pattern for a long time now.

"It is very difficult for the bowlers. I think more than the wicket, maybe, the ball is out of shape very quickly. It gets soft very quickly. I don’t know what it is, whether it is wickets or whatever. It is very difficult to get a wicket in such conditions, when there is nothing there," said Gill after the Edgbaston Test.

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"It is becoming a thing for people to complain about the ball," - Dilip Jajodia, before the Lord's Test

However, Jajodia had dismissed the claim, saying the captains tend to feel when the bowling sides do not get wickets. He had claimed that a ball is bound to go soft and is the reason why a new ball is up for grabs after 80 overs. Jajodia had to change his stance after the Lord's Test between India and England

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"It is becoming a thing for people to complain about the ball. If they are not getting wickets, they go to the umpire. It is not a question of the ball going out of shape. The ball apparently gets soft. The ball is supposed to go soft; that is why you get a new one at the end of 80 overs. After 10 or 15 overs, they want to change the ball because they are not getting wickets, or they perceive it is going soft," Jajodia had given back to the captains complaining Duke's ball getting out of shape.