Shubman Gill sticks his ground on 3rd Test controversy: It didn't come out of nowhere
"Yes, a lot of people have been talking about it, so let me just clear the air once and for all. The English batters on that day, they had 7 minutes of play left. They were 90 seconds late to come to the crease, not 10, not 20, 90 seconds late. Yes, most of the teams, they use this, even if we were in a position, we would have also liked to play lesser overs, but there's a manner to do it." "And we felt, yes, if you get hit on your body, the physios are allowed to come on, and that is something that is fair. But to be able to come 90 seconds later on the crease is not, that is not something that I would think comes in the spirit of the game," said Gill. 'A lot of things that shouldn't have happened, had happened'Gill said that it wasn't something that happened out of nowhere and a lot of things that shouldn't have happened occurred during the match. The Indian captain said he wasn't proud of what happened, but claimed that there was a lead-up and build-up and the reaction didn't come out of the blue."And just leading up to that event. A lot of things that we thought should not have happened had happened. I wouldn't say it was something that I'm very proud of, but, there was a lead-up and build-up to that. It didn't just come out of nowhere and we had no intention of doing that whatsoever. But you're playing a game, you're playing to win, and there are a lot of emotions involved, and when you see there are things happening that should not happen, sometimes the emotions come out of nowhere," said Gill. India and England will lock horns once again in the Manchester Test from July 23. - EndsTune InMust Watch
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