Jaiswal remained not out on 85 before umpires called for the break
The Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy is littered with mini battles full of feisty words that have been sparked due to various reasons. But the chief bone of contention has been about time wasting by both sides.
During the third day of the Lord’s Test, Indians were ticked off by England opener Zak Crawley letting the clock run out at the end of the day by stopping Jasprit Bumrah halfway through his run-up and then calling for the medical team after being hit on the glove.
Indian skipper Shubman Gill faced off against Crawley which ignited tensions that spilled over to the next day and then the next Test.
On Day 4 of the fifth Test at The Oval, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal stopped play and called for the medical team which prompted the umpires to call for the Lunch break few minutes early.
Ben Duckett and Crawley, who were questioned by Gill back then, were quick to pounce on the issue as the players walked off the pitch. England’s stand-in captain Ollie Pope walked up to Jaiswal and had a word with him which seemed to irritate Jaiswal.
The left-hander wagged his finger at England players as there were words exchanged between Crawley, Duckett and Jaiswal.
The war of words about ‘time-wasting’ has been employed and admitted by both sides in this series. According to Harry Brook, England were fired up after Gill confronted Crawley who was in his right to call for the physio after being hit on his right hand.
Gill, meanwhile, said that his team would’ve done the same if they were batting but then accused England of toeing the ‘spirit of cricket’ boundary by arriving to bat many minutes late.
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On Saturday morning, the complaint from England was about Jaiswal calling for the physio after what seemed like a hamstring twinge.
This was after batting for close to two hours with night watcher Akash Deep, who got to his maiden Test fifty and adding 107 runs for the third wicket.
Jaiswal, who has always been confrontational, has been going through a lean patch in the series after starting with a hundred at Headingley. Remaining near that second hundred of the series could be behind Jaiswal’s theatrics after he was gifted two reprieves by England’s fielders.
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