 "India vs England: Vexed Shubman Gill confronts Zak Crawley with fiery message at stroke of Stumps on Day 3 at Lord's")
Day 3 of the Lord’s Test culminated on a dramatic note as India captain Shubman Gill showcased his animated side to England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett. After restricting India to 387 - the same total at which England had bundled out in the first innings - the hosts came out to bat with the intention to see out the remaining five minutes without losing any wicket.
India, on the other hand, wanted to make the English batters face the music for at least two overs, but Crawley and Duckett foiled India’s plans by successfully enabling time-wasting tactics.
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Drama before stumps
India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah started the proceedings with the ball, but his over witnessed multiple delays after he had bowled the first two balls of the over. Zak Crawley was seemingly in no hurry to play the next delivery. He got away from the crease just when Bumrah was about to bowl the delivery. This vexed Shubman Gill, who did not refrain from making hand gestures and hurling a strong-worded message towards the England openers.
“Grow some f****** b****,” Gill shouted as he was in the face of Crawley after it took a long time to get things going despite just two balls being bowled in the over.
The drama resumed after a few balls; this time, Crawley complained about being in discomfort after Bumrah’s ball brushed his glove. As he took off his glove, his act was met with what seemed to be sarcastic applause from Bumrah and Co. Gill once again came into the picture and had a war of words with Crawley, ending in a stare-off between the two.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsThe over eventually concluded and so did the day. England reached 2/0 at stumps on Day 3.
Lord’s Test hangs in balance
Earlier, KL Rahul’s flawless century and handy contributions by Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja helped India match England’s first innings total of 387. Rahul was the top scorer in India’s innings. He notched his second Lord’s century off 177 balls.
Unfortunately, he could not take the innings beyond the 100-run mark. Pant contributed 74 off 112 balls before getting run out by Ben Stokes while going for an unnecessary single, ending a fourth-wicket partnership of 141 runs with Rahul at the stroke of lunch, while Jadeja displayed consistency again, this time chipping in with a vital 131-ball 72.
As no team could muster a lead after 1st innings, the match hangs in the balance. It will be intriguing to see what Day 4 will have in store.
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