IND vs ENG 3rd Test: Six minutes of drama! Why a fired-up Shubman Gill lost his cool at Lord's
TimesofIndia.com in London: A hundred, two gritty half-centuries, an excellent run-out and a fiery spell with the ball was not enough as it was six minutes of unadulterated drama in the dying stages of Day 3 which brought the Lord's to life.
A fired-up India captain
Shubman Gill
was in England opener
Zak Crawley
's face and had almost every Indian player converging towards the pitch during that moment.
The umpires intervened to cool things down but the damage had been done. Gill had enough of the theatrics and the call for the physio was the moment he exploded. After a round of applause, he charged towards Crawley and did an impact player signal, and also fired some not so pleasant statements with aggressive hand gestures.
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The stump mic was alert enough to pick up the four words which went viral on social media. "Show some fu*g b**s," yelled Gill as the right-hander did all he could to deny India an over from the pavilion end. He succeeded and
Jasprit Bumrah
, equally annoyed, stood on top of his run-up for the final delivery of the day's play.
He bowled an absolute peach but Crawley survived. The opener immediately turned back and was brisk walking to the dressing room as the umpires flipped the bails to signal end of day's play.
A good old fashioned Day 3 got a spicy finish and has now set-up the remaining two days, and the series very nicely.
The series hasn't had any dramatic moment yet and the episode on the third day could well fire up proceedings, and lend some flavor and colour to action. Both camps were asked about the final over and
KL Rahul
understood why Crawley was doing what he did, and also explained why Gill was so fired in those few minutes.
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"I am an opener so I can understand what he was doing but Shubman Gill was fired up because we wanted to bowl two overs in the six minutes before stumps. Lot of theatrics and everyone was fired up," said Rahul at post-day presser.
From the hosts camp, Tim Southee, part of the coaching set-up, felt this is part and parcel of the game, and reiterated both sides have played in the right spirit in the series so far.
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