Things warmed on the 2nd day of the fifth and final test of Anderson-Dendulkar Trophy. After the spicy accumulation of the final of the series, they included exchanges between Indian coach Gautam Gambhir and the oval curator-two of a set of players, which were involved in London in a slander battle. They were accused were Indian fast pitchners who tried to rattle from England after a bruising morning meeting.
Kl Rahul, one of the older Indian players, has entered support for their pitching when they tried to get under the skin of English dough. Flash’s point came in the second session when Prasidh Krishna aimed at Joe RootHe tries to hit a veteran dough. Prasidh was seen how he joined the verbal exchange with root, which – unarcteristical – has been mood. ENG vs Ind 5. Test day 2 Updates
Root did not return, did not return fire and escalated confrontation. The judge Kumar Dharmasen had to intervene quickly and enter to separate the players. The Sri Lankan official was then seen how he had the word with Prasid, and he seemed to ask a young Pacer to introduce him.
It was clear that Prasidh increased the aggression by induction of root – widely known as one of the most peaceful crickets in the game. However, it seems that Kl Rahul seemed that the referee warned only an Indian pitch.
Rahul was seen with a pointed interview with Dharmasena and challenged whether Indian players would simply take sled in silence.
“What do you want us to do, are silent? What do you want us to do – Bat, bowl and go home?” Rahul could be heard by a stump microphone.
KL Rahul to Dharmasen:
“What do you want us to do, be silent?
“What do you want us to do, bat and go home?”
Kl Rahul came to save Prasidh Krishnapic.twitter.com/a6la9hvzb5– Farrago Abdullah Parody (@abdullah_0mar) August 1, 2025
Despite the warning of Prasidh, he continued his next root in the next and did not pull his aggression.
Interestingly, the sledding on the 2nd day was caused by Ben Duckett, which was picked up on the stump microphone lazy challenge Akash Deep to release it. Duckett led the aggressive approach of England with a bat after Bowling India to 224 in their first shifts. He turned well off the fold to face the swing and put on unconventional shots – including sweeping – to throw Indian pitching out of their rhythm.
Duckett and the opening partner of Zak Crawley ripped into an Indian bowling attack that lacked Jasprit Bumrah and added 92 runs in just 77 balls. Duckett was eventually rejected by Akash Deep while attempting to sweep further.
Akash gave Duckett pointed sending, put his arm around the English opener and had a few words when he went back to the pavilion.
Despite Duckett’s release, England raced for 109 for 1 for lunch on day 2, and there was a risk of catching control of the match.
However, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna have been a stunning fight. Both Pacers shared eight goals between them because England was associated with 247.
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Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
August 1, 2025
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