
Delay tactics at Lord's not within spirit of the game: Gill
Speaking ahead of the fourth Test in Manchester, Gill ended the customary pre-match media interaction on an explosive note when asked about the on-field tensions during the third game.
The question has been a constant from the English press to both the Indian and the home team players following the aggression shown by both parties at Lord's.
'Yes, a lot of people have been talking about it, so let me just clear the air, for once and for all, the English batsmen on that day, they had seven minutes of play left, they were 90 seconds late to come to the crease, not 10, not 20, 90 seconds late,' said a combative Gill.
'Yes, most of the teams they use this (delaying tactic), even if we were in a position, we would have also liked to play lesser overs, but there is 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 late on the crease, is not something that I would think, comes in the way of spirit of the game,' he added.
Bumrah had bowled the last over on day three and sarcastically clapped at Crawley for delaying the game right before stumps.
Words were also exchanged between Indian players and Duckett at the other end. In his first series as Test captain, Gill too was fired up and asked Crawley to show some guts.
'Just leading up to that event, a lot of things that, we thought should not have happened, it had happened, and it's not, I wouldn't say it was something that I am 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,' Gill went on.
'But it is just, you are playing a game, you are 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,' added Gill.
England captain Ben Stokes had said that his team won't hold back if they get verbal volleys from the Indian team.
Gill confirmed Rishabh Pant's participation as wicketkeeper in the crucial fourth Test against England starting here from Wednesday but pacer Akash Deep will miss out.
Reddy has now been ruled out of the remainder of the series, while Akash, who appeared to have been struggling with his hip during the Lord's Test, will now sit out of the Old Trafford Test.

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