Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and England captain Ben Stokes shared a few words in the middle during the India vs England 2nd Test at Edgbaston on Wednesday. The incident happened during India’s batting when Jaiswal was completing a run with Stokes saying something to the Indian batter when he reached the non-striker’s end.
To which Jaiswal replied, “You don’t want to hear from me, come on.” The matter stopped there before it reignited in the same over with Stokes again saying something to Jaiswal to rile the batter up. However, that wouldn’t do much to rattle the batter with Jaiswal reaching 50 in the very next over.
Stokes, meanwhile, would finally get his man in the 46th over when Jaiswal tried to play a cut, got a faint edge and was gobbled up by Jamie Smith behind the stumps.
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Elsewhere, captain Shubman Gill looked comfortable in the middle alongside his deputy Rishabh Pant on another good batting surface in the five-match series.
Stokes, who has a knack of picking up wickets out of nowhere, had Jaiswal caught behind off a short and wide delivery. Jaiswal perhaps went too hard at the ball only to offer a simple catch to Jamie Smith behind stumps.
With not much happening in the session, the English fans in the iconic Eric Hollies Stand sporadically made plenty of noise to push the home team. India added 84 runs in 28 wickets in the session for the loss of Jaiswal.
In the 34th over, Gill survived a DRS lbw call off a Brydon Carse nip backer due to an inside edge.
Against the sole spinner Shoaib Bashir, Gill stepped out from time to time and on one occasion dispatched him over extra cover.
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Pant joined him late in the session and took his time to settle down before using his feet against Bashir for a six over mid-on.
Earlier, Jaiswal maintained his aggression despite being tested by the England pacers while Karun Nair (31 off 50) showed promise at number three before being dismissed late in the morning session.
Considering the overhead conditions, Stokes opted to bowl but Jaiswal and Nair did well to survive the tough period. In the first hour, KL Rahul (2 off 26), played on to the stumps off a Chris Woakes delivery before Jaiswal-Nair duo added 80 for the second wicket.
(With agency inputs)
