Former Indian cricket Sanjay Manjrekar called Ben Stokes antiquity in the last hour of Manchester test after India refused to offer his draw to end the match an hour earlier. The decorated broadcast operator did not stay and marked the Stokes “spoiled child” to engage in the sledding battle with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar after the duo refused to take a draw before the planned closure of the game on the 5th day.
At the end of 138. Through, India had a lead of 75 runs when the last hour began. Under cricket laws, both teams can agree with a draw if they believe that a favorable result is not possible in the last hour. Stokes turned to the referee and indicated his willingness to offer a draw. Jadeja and Sundar, however, on Sunday 27th July refused the offer of Captain England.
Television cameras have moved to India in the Captain Shaubman Gilla dressing room. Gill remained without expression without expression, refreshing or sending a message to the center, seemingly supporting the decision of both doughs to approach personal milestones. Jadeja launched 89, 11 short since his fifth test century, while Washington Sundar was 80, 20 since his first test.
Stokes was visibly disappointed when India decided to continue. He approached Jadeji and threw verbal Jabs and questioned whether he really wanted to evaluate hundreds of hundreds against Harry Brook and Ben Duckett.
The consequence was clear – Stokes did not intend to use its frontline pitch and instead introduced a stream with a partial city. Joe Root deployed from the other end of England.
Jadeja and Sundar earned on soft bowling and raced for centuries. Brook even tried to shake his hands after Jadeja reached his hundreds in 141. But India continued the bat and gave Sundar the opportunity to achieve her own milestone before the draw.
Brook looked somewhat foolish when he released a fine full throw, which Jadeja properly sent on his way to a well -earned century. India eventually announced 425 for 4, after recovering from a terrible start to 0 for the 2nd century. From Gill, Jadeja and Sundar helped India stick back and rescued a draw from the jaws when burning five sessions to save the test and keep the series alive.
Manjrekar disappointed with stokes
“One thing is unfortunate that the dough has not left and that they must mix their redesigned main pitch.
“I understand that she is surprised that India wanted to continue.” If you wanted to get a hundred, why didn’t you get it against the main pitching? ” – That was his complaint.
“Ben Stokes, the hero and the champion I admire, behaved on this occasion as a corrupt child,” he added.
Trio Stokes, Brook and Zak Crawley continued to chat with Indian dough in the middle, but Jadeja and Sundar remained folded and firmly focused on achieving their deserved hundreds.
Jadeja and Sundar met after Shaubman Gill was released just after he had reached hundreds for lunch. The couple denied another goal for the rest of the day and detonated two complete sessions. Both showed remarkable peace and durability, seemingly waiting for acceleration of the last hour and the completion of their centuries.
Did Stokes refuse with Jadjea Handshake?
Manjrekar also noted that Stokes did not shake his hands with Jadeja, who was angry with the Indian versatile.
“After the match, Jadeja went to shake his hands with Ben Stokes. Ben still furious. During the earlier exchange, Jadeja managed it very well – he smiled. But when Stokes did not shake his hands, it is when Jadeja lost cold.
England was left to destroy the missed opportunity to ensure victory, although it published 669 runs in their first shifts and held the commanding 311-run leadership.
Meanwhile, India will devote to the final test in an oval in London, starting with 31. July. Still by 1-2 in Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, they have a unique opportunity to draw a series in the finals.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
28th July 2025
Tune
