India, Feb. 10 -- India captain Rohit Sharma entertained the crowd at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack with a whirlwind knock of 119 against England on Sunday. Rohit struck his 32nd ODI century off just 76 balls and set the platform for India's successful chase smashing 12 fours and 7 sixes along the way. However, when he was dismissed, and new batter Axar Patel walked out to take strike, India legend Sunil Gavaskar stirred up a debate involving MCC and the recent amends to some of the cricketing laws.

In March 2022, the MCC did away with batters' freedom to cross if the ball goes in the air, allowing them to exchange ends. This meant that, unlike earlier, a non-striker wouldn't be able to farm strike, and only the new man coming in would...