IND Vs Eng 2nd Test: Heated atmosphere in Edgbaston Test, the verbal war between Yashswi and Stokes; VIDEO
Verbal Duel Between Jaiswal and Stokes: There was an interesting clash on the field on the first day of the second Test being played between India and England in Edgbaston. There was a debate between Team India’s young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal and England captain Ben Stokes. This incident between the two players happened when Jaiswal was moving towards non-strayer and after taking a run. Jaiswal also turned back on a comment by Ben Stokes.
The Edgbaston Test between India and England started on Wednesday, July 2, and on the very first day the ground was seen to be light heat. In fact, during the first session, England captain Ben Stokes and India’s opener Yashasvi Jaiswal became mild.
This incident happened when Ben Stokes Round the wicket was bowling and Jaiswal pushed a ball towards the leg side and took a sharp single with Karun Nair. After taking the run, when Jaiswal was going towards non-strayer and, Stokes said something.
VIDEO:
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– Star Sports (@StarsportsIndia) July 2, 2025
Jaiswal did not remain calm on Stokes’ talk and he turned back and said, “You wouldn’t want to listen to me, let it be” that is, it was clear that Yashasvi replied to the England captain in a direct tone. Although the debate did not move much further, this small collision between the two players was captured on camera.
Talking about the match, after losing the toss and batting first, the Indian team started a bad start and the total score of 15 runs was the first blow as KL Rahul (2). After this, Jaiswal and Nair handled the innings and shared an 80 -run partnership for the second wicket. However, Nair could not convert a good start to a big innings and scored a simple catch by scoring 31 runs. India scored 98 runs at the loss of 2 wickets till lunch.
Teams are for this match
England (playing XI): Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Oli Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brooke, Ben Stokes (Captain), Jamie Smith (wicket -keeper), Chris Woakes, Bridan Cars, Josh Tung, Shoaib Bashir.
India (playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammad Siraj, famous Krishna.
