Jadeja In Heated Altercation With Carse, Ugly Spat Follows. Video
Thisngs got heated up on Day 5 of the third India vs England Test at Lord's on Monday. After Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Washington Sundar departed in quick succession, England smelt blood. With only three wickets remaining, England went into ultra aggressive mode. Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Brydon Carse targetted Nitish Kumar Reddy and Ravindra Jadeja with the choicest of words. But things went bit too far ahead when, Jadeja collided with Brydon Carse while taking a run. A heated spat followed.
On the final ball of the 35th over, the players barged into each other when Jadeja went for the first run. It appeared Carse had intentionally held Jadeja by his neck, After completing the run, Jadeja fumes at Crase, who gave it back. Stokes had to intervene to calm things down.
India were staring at defeat in the third Test against England as they struggled to 112 for eight at lunch on the fifth and final day here at Lord's on Monday. Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Reddy saw off some excellent bowling by the England pacers but Chris Woakes dismissed the later at the stroke of lunch to put his side in the driver's seat.
Jadeja was batting on 17 at the break. Reddy was out after making 13 as India needed another 81 runs for victory.
This was after Jofra Archer picked up the wickets of Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar, while Ben Stokes removed KL Rahul. India resumed the day on 58 for for four.
Brief scores: England: 387 and 192 India: 387 and 112/8 in 39.3 overs (KL Rahul 39; Jofra Archer 3/41).
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