India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja engaged in an ugly spat with Brydon Carse after a mid-pitch collision with the England seamer on Day 5 of the third Test at Lord’s. India got off to the worst possible start on the last day of the match as they lost three quick wickets in the first session with Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar and KL Rahul being dismissed quickly.
After the three quick dismissals, it was all on Jadeja and Nitish Kumar Reddy’s shoulders to take India home as they were staring at another defeat. During their brief partnership, a heated moment was witnessed on the pitch as Jadeja and Carse collided mid-pitch. In the 37th over of the innings, Jadeja played Carse towards third man and looked for a double.
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However, with both the England seamer and India batter looking at the ball, they collided mid-pitch. The incident left Carse annoyed who said a few words to Jadeja while the India batter also charged and replied in the same tone until they were separated by Ben Stokes.
Watch the incident here:
Earlier, Archer dismantled Rishabh Pant’s stumps to get England off to a terrific start, giving India a major blow early in the day. As Pant walked back to the pavilion, Archer was also seen giving a send-off to the India batter as he said a few words in celebration.
Archer further dismissed Washington Sundar for a duck, taking an excellent diving catch to his right. The speedster was at it again, giving another fiery send-off to Sundar, bringing England in complete command of the game.
Ben Stokes also got the prized scalp of KL Rahul. He got dismissed for 39 as Stokes brought one sharply back into him, which crashed into his pads. As a result, India were left reeling at 82/7 needing another 111 runs to win. To make matters worse, Chris Woakes dismissed Nitish Kumar Reddy caught behind on the stroke of lunch to pile on the misery for India.
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