Manchester, England – July 27: England Ben Stokes speaks to Indian Batsman Ravindra Jadeja after the match ends in the draw after five days. The test match between England and India in Emirates Old Trafford 27. (Photo: Stu Forster/Getty Images) The legendary English cricket Geoffrey Boycott killed Ben Stokes and his team for showing bad sports behavior on the last day of the Manchester test. The drama exploded at the beginning of the last hour of the match on Sunday, when home captain Ben Stokes offered to shook hands with Indian dough, and realized that the direct result was not possible.
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Jadeja and Washington bats at 89 and 80, or refused the offer and left the English captain frustrated. Stokes later said that he made the offer because he did not want to risk injuries of his tired frontline pitch.“There is no way I would let someone pull me to 89 after I worked hard all day to save the game for my team,” wrote Geoffrey Boycott in my Telegraph column. “Ravindra Jadej and Washington Sundar deserved their hundreds. They left the ball well, played with the whole face of the bat and defended their goals at all costs. Good work.“I’m not sure what modern players are. You hear many of them silent. I never really happened when I played. It will continue with the oval and India will go there because he will win in the old Traffic.“You will learn more of the failure than success. And we couldn’t dissolve India. The dragon draw emphasized the shortcomings in our bowling. If you think about it when your best pitch in both shifts Captain England, which is Batsman-class, something is wrong.” England leads a test series of five matches 2-1. The last test will be played in the oval, starting with Thursday.
