Tempers flare in England-India test series but captains downplay tensions
LONDON (AP) — Captains Ben Stokes and Shubman Gill downplayed the tensions between their England and India teams and regarded them as a normal part of big series.Their five-match series became spiky in the third test at Lord's, where England barely won by 22 runs on Monday.India was angry with England's time-wasting tactic at the end of Saturday's play, India bowler Mohammed Siraj had an altercation with England batter Ben Duckett on Sunday, and on the final day Monday an accidental mid-pitch collision between Ravindra Jadeja and Brydon Carse flared more tempers.The incidents darkened the banter on both sides, especially between the bowlers and their victims but Stokes and Gill didn't have a problem with any of it.“It makes for an even more exciting test series,” Gill told the BBC.
14 Jul 18:27 · iNFOnews.ca