‘Uchal Raha Hai’: Shubman Gill, Sarfaraz Khan mock Jonny Bairstow, obnoxious sledgehammer during India vs England fifth Testwatch

After the hosts took a huge first-innings lead on the third day of the fifth Test against India in Dharamshala, England soon succumbed. The famed Buzz Power technique ultimately came to naught as Ben Stokes and company offered no resistance. The Indian team had the upper hand from start to finish and was on track to win the series 4-1. The Indians also had a nasty sledge run against the England star. The conversation between the Indians and the English batsman was captured by the stump microphone.

One of the interactions between Shubman Gill and Jonny Bairstow went viral. Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel are also part of it.

The conversation went like this:

Bairstow – What did you say to Jimmy about getting tired and then he kicked you out?

Jill – So what, that’s my 100. How many do you have here?

Sarfaraz – Did you run a few runs, did he run high (a few runs today, too many jumps).

The complete sledding encounter between Gill and Bairstow:#INDvsENGTest #INDvsENG #shubmangil #jonnybairstowpic.twitter.com/HjdkESr38z

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Gill, Jurel, Sav VS Bairstow#IndVsEng #shubmangil pic.twitter.com/W15OmjYNER

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India took a huge first-innings lead of 259 before Ravichandran Ashwin struck England’s self-destructive top order to set them up for the fifth Test on Saturday. At lunch on day three, they were five runs behind in their second innings at 103. India added just four runs to their overnight score, finishing with 477 in reply to England’s 218.

The visitors took less than 20 minutes to end India’s innings as veteran James Anderson finally reached the 700-wicket mark. Young spinner Shoaib Bashir bowled Jasprit Bumrah for his second five-wicket haul in the first series.

England’s second innings was played at a frenetic pace, with the batsmen mainly relying on attacking the Indian spinners to stay alive, but failed again.

England captain Ben Stokes (2) was bowled out during lunch when he bowled Ashwin with a straight drive. England still need 157 runs to get India to bat again, which looks unlikely.

With Rohit Sharma not playing due to back stiffness, Bumrah led the way in the middle overs besides opening the bowling with Ashwin.

Ashwin, playing his 100th Test, again bowled England opener Ben Duckett (2). The left-hander, who had struggled to defend Ashwin in the previous games, charged towards the wicket for a counter-attack but couldn’t come close to the ball, resulting in a dismissal of the delivery.

Ashwin bowled Zak Crawley (0) at leg slip and the pitch offered quite a bit of turn and bounce. The England opener got an inside edge on the pads and deflected straight into the hands of Sarfaraz Khan at leg slip. Ollie Pope (19), the provisional opener, was Ashwin’s third victim. It was another misjudgment on the part of the England batsman, with an audacious arm sweep and a delivery that also favored the short side.

Jonny Baristow (39 from 31 matches), who was also playing his 100th Test, stood in the middle along with Joe Root and started the attack from the start.

Bairstow, playing the spinner, hit three thunderous sixes off Ashwin on the edge before being adjudged LBW by Kuldeep Yadav. It’s another boom-and-bust knock on Bairstow’s part in the series.

He exchanged a few words with Shubman Gill, who was stationed at the first slip, and lost focus in the process. At the break, Root had bowled 34 off 52 balls.

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