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England openers tried their level best to waste time in the ultimate five minutes of the third day’s play, and their time-wasting tactics irked India Test captain Shubman Gill.
India players clap to troll Zak Crawley after he faked injury to waste time on Day 3 of Lord’s Test. (Picture Credit: X)
India’s Test captain Shubman Gill was not pleased with England opener Zak Crawley’s time-wasting tactics on Saturday (July 12) during England’s second innings of the continued third Test at Lord’s. Crawley, who faced six balls from Bumrah in the previous couple of minutes of the third day’s play, tried his level best to waste time in order that the Indian team couldn’t bowl a couple of over on Saturday. Crawley’s tactics worked for him and England, nevertheless it annoyed Gill, who, after the fifth ball of the primary over, trolled Crawley along with his other Indian teammates by clapping after he faked injury.
The clip of Gill’s savage act was shared by fans on X, and inside no time it went viral on the web.
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Gill’s clapping act, nonetheless, irked Crawley, and the duo was then seen charging towards one another and exchanging some heated words.
Several pictures and videos of drama between the players from two teams are also going viral on the web.
Within the second innings, England got here out to bat at 10:54 PM IST, and ideally there was a possibility to bowl two overs. But Crawley took greater than six minutes to face six balls from Bumrah, and that’s why just one over was possible on Saturday night.
India all out for 387
Of their first innings, despite KL Rahul’s 100-run knock, India could only manage to post a complete of 387 runs in 119.2 overs. Aside from Rahul, Rishabh Pant scored 74 runs, and Ravindra Jadeja contributed 72 runs to India’s total. For England, Chris Woakes picked up three wickets for 84 runs, and in the primary innings of his first red-ball match after greater than 4 years, Jofra Archer picked up 2 for 52 runs in 23.2 overs.
Of their first innings of the continued red-ball match on the Home of Cricket, England also posted a complete of 387 runs.
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