India vs England: he chatter between the Indians and the English batters were caught on stump mic.
England caved in pretty quickly on the third day of the fifth Test against India in Dharamsala after the hosts took a huge lead in the first innings. The famed Bazball technique came to nothing as Ben Stokes and Co. provided no resistance. India held the upper-hand throughout with a 4-1 series win in sight. The Indians engaged in nasty sledging of England stars too. The chatter between the Indians and the English batters were caught on stump mic.
One of the interactions that went viral was between Shubman Gill and Jonny Bairstow. It involved Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel too.
Here’s how the conversation went:
Bairstow – What did you say to Jimmy about getting tired and he got you out after that?
Gill – So what, it was after my 100, how many have you got here?
Sarfaraz – Thode se runs kya bana diya, jyada uchal raha hain (scored a few runs today and jumping too much).
Full sledging encounter between Gill & Bairstow:#INDvsENGTest #INDvsENG #ShubmanGill #JonnyBairstowpic.twitter.com/HjdkESr38z
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India took a huge 259-run first innings lead before Ravichandran Ashwin ran through England’s self destructing top-order to leave them reeling at 103 for five in their second innings at lunch on day three of the fifth Test on Saturday. India could add only four runs to their overnight score to end with 477 in response to England’s 218.
The visitors took less than 20 minutes to wrap up India’s innings with veteran James Anderson finally getting to the 700-wicket mark. Young off-spinner Shoaib Bashir had Jasprit Bumrah stumped for his second five-wicket haul of his debut series.