India, Sept. 18 -- Extreme heat, unusual weather, and a Bollywood film: These factors combined to make life difficult for England's Leicestershire cricket club, which is now facing relegation from the County Championship's Division One after it was docked 27 points for the poor state of its playing surface.

Earlier this week, Leicestershire, one of England's premier cricket clubs, were docked 27 points from its ongoing County Championship campaign. This happened due to the controversy around their August fixture against Glamorgan. Leicestershire beat Glamorgan on August 20, but the match referee reported 43 instances of uneven bounce caused by cracks in the ground. ECB's regulator later ruled that the pitch at Grace Road, Leicestershire'...