India National cricket team captain Shubman Gill has finally opened up on hot spats and vicious sledging during the Lord’s National Cricket Team.
Shubman Gill said that such banners make a game more ‘exciting and challenging’ and the events and parcels in London during the third test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy are part of the game and parcels.
Tempers erupted between players from India and England at Lord’s
The ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy reached its peak during the Lord’s Test when the players of the teams decided to leave their calm protesters behind and engage in a hot spat.
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After thrilling the first two tests, players from England and India were to visit each other during the third Test match. All this started at day 3 during the last 10 minutes of the game.
Zak Crowlie and Ben Docket reached the middle during the end stages, keeping the same purpose in mind with the same purpose to play just one over. He adopted some time wasting strategy to ensure that he achieved his goal, and it did not sit well with India.
India’s captain Shubman Gill was angry, and he was asked to “develop some f *** ING balls” when he took out Jasprit Bumrah twice, and later, when the English opener was killed on the glove, many Indian fielders moved to his side.
Both Gill and Crowly raised their fingers at each other in a hot exchange, and the Indian captain also made a ‘impact player’ gesture to make fun of the English batsman.
Out of that, things were getting ugly only because Mohammad Siraj sent Ben Docket a fierce in 4 days and even received punishment from the ICC.
On the fifth day, Jofra Archer sled Nitish Kumar Reddy brutally and sent Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar. Harry Brook and Ben Stokes also sled Reddy, resulting in a young player under pressure.
I mean, you are giving everything – Shubman Gill
Talking to the media after the match, Shubman Gill played fierce competitions and said that there is a lot of praise between the two teams.
“I mean, you are giving everything. Mentally, physically, you are giving everything, and there will be times when there will be some heat from both sides. I think it is what makes it more exciting and challenging. The next time we play each other, we know that nothing will be easy”
“At the end of the day, there is a lot of praise between the two teams.
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Both teams are working hard – Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill was further questioned whether England, led by Ben Stokes, had taken Sledging from Indian players and whether all three Lions were going on an all-out war in the previous innings.
Reacting to this, Gill came with a mature statement, saying that England was trying his best to win just like India, and such things make a game more exciting.
Gill said, “This is what makes it more exciting. Both teams are working hard, doing their best to win the match. Such moments make the series more interesting,” Gill said.
India lost 22 runs in the third Test match against England to go down 2–1 in the five-match series, and the fourth match will begin on 23 July in Old Trafford, Manchester.
