Indian coach Gautam Gambhir has released a bold statement on the dispute between the parties due to the ‘Handshek’ proposal from English captain Ben Stokes when both Indian all -rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar were on the verge of hundreds.
India was under great pressure, stepping into Old Trafford. The site did not have a very respectable position in Indian testing history, and India was playing in a do-or-dai game at the place where he did not win a single match.
India also fought in the first innings, as well as excluding them for only 358 runs, while England batted fluently on the same tracks and scored 669 runs, giving 311 runs marks in front of the visitors. In the first over of the second innings, the match was thrown into suspicion with Chris Woakes’ double-stroke.
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Gautam Gambhir slam Ben Stokes on the ‘Handshek’ line
England captain Ben Stokes offered to finish the match in a draw with 15 overs, as he felt that the match was not about to fulfill any desired end. However, for India, both his batsmen, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, both stood on the verge of hundreds.
The Indian players decided not to accept the handshek for example that angered Ben Stokes. However, Indian coach Gautam Gambhir has clearly supported the decision of his players, saying whether Stokes or England would have left the ground under such a scenario.
“If someone’s batting on 90 and 85, is not they worth their centuries? Would their own players go if they were close to milestones? No. Our boys faced the storm. They earned those tones. We are not to please anyone here,” Gautam Gamhir said.
The knock by both of them was very good – Ben Stokes breaks the silence on ‘Handshek’ Roe
Ben Stokes wanted Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar to join hands and finished the match quickly for any possible conclusion for the game. However, the batsmen were denied as they were with their personal hundreds.
The English captain has defended his action and praised the Indian batsmen. When he focused on targeting hundreds, Stokes offered Harry Brook to bowl a few overs, a player was not known as part-timer in favor.
Stokes said after the match, “Whatever they played was very good,” Stokes said after the match, despite that they were not on the field.
Shubman Gill revealed whose decision was not to be accepted by the handshake offer
Indian captain Shubman Gill has also come forward to praise India’s batting performance under 4 and day 5 days on the day of the fourth Test. He credited Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar for giving their knocks and said that they were entitled to hundreds, stating that it was on those who were to continue the game or end the game.
Gill said in a post -match presentation, “Surely, it depended on the boys, but we thought he batted brilliantly.”
The Indian captain himself broke a 35 -year record in Manchester. He did the first Indian batsman since Sachin Tendulkar (1990), who built a test century at the site. Ravindra Jadeja and Washington beautiful eventually joined the tally with hundreds of people.
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