IND vs ENG: Stokes was swearing at me, Virat Kohli intervened & handled it, says Siraj
Cricket | March 04, 2021 18:03 ISTThings heated up between Indian captain Virat Kohli and England's Ben Stokes as the duo was seen engaging in a heated argument.
Things heated up between Indian captain Virat Kohli and England's Ben Stokes as the duo was seen engaging in a heated argument.
India are leading the series 2-1 and need just a draw to qualify for the World Test Championship final against New Zealand to be held in June.
India's consistency at the top level has certainly buoyed Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar, who went on to call this Kohli-led team as good as Steve Waugh's Australia of the 90's.
Anderson bowled the first two deliveries going away from Gill before trapping the youngster with an incoming one.
England have conceded a 1-2 lead in the four-match series and is out contention for a place in the World Test Championship final.
A scarred England were once again done in by Axar Patel's straight deliveries before partially recovering to reach 74 for 3 at lunch during an intriguing opening session of the fourth and final Test against India here on Thursday.
Zak Crawley stepped out of the crease and played a big shot right after Rishabh Pant taunted him, saying "someone is getting angry."
Mohammed Siraj bowled two outswingers before bowling a back-of-the-length in-swing delivery, and finally dragged the length full to trap Joe Root in front of stumps.
Joe Root won the toss in the fourth and final Test of the series against India, and opted to bat. Jasprit Bumrah, who was relieved from the squad owing to "personal reasons," was replaced by Mohammed Siraj
Indian captain Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes were seen engaging in a heated argument, and the umpires had to intervene to put them apart.
Axar Patel seems to have continued from where he left in the third Test, as he outfoxed English opener Dom Sibley.
Mohammed Siraj has replaced Jasprit Bumrah in the Indian XI for the fourth Test against England in Ahmedabad.
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After missing the first Test of the series due to injury, Axar has picked three consecutive five-wicket hauls.
This is a Test match where England have little to gain save salvaging a bit of pride in a drawn series while India have everything to lose.
India lead the four-match series 2-1 with the final Test slated to begin here at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday.
England would revive some of the lost confidence after the thrashing inside two days in the third Test.
Kohli on Wednesday also hit out at the criticism of spin-friendly wickets, saying that there is "too much noise about spinning tracks".
Kuldeep, who bowled just a bit more than 12 overs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, was replaced by Washington Sundar in the third Test.
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