Image Source : BCCI Rishabh Pant and Ben Stokes
Rishabh Pant and Ben Stokes on Saturday exchanged a couple of phrases within the closing moments of the day’s play on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai through the second Test of the four-match collection between India and England.
It was within the penultimate over within the sport when Pant refused to take strike following a chirping from the English slip cordon. Then on the finish of the over, the digicam caught Stokes and Pan having a couple of exchanges of phrases earlier than the on-field umpires intervened to finish the ultimate over.
India completed the opening day with 300 runs for the lack of six wickets after opting to bat first on a difficult Chennai monitor.
The hosts, who’re 0-1 down within the contest following their loss on the venue within the opening Test, misplaced Shubman Gill early earlier than successive strikes from the 2 English spinners eliminated Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli. Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane nevertheless provided resistance, sweeping their manner via because the pair added a 162-run stand for the fourth wicket, the second-most by an Indian pair at residence towards England. Rohit scored 161, his seventh Test century and his fourth 150-plus knock whereas Rahane pulled off a half-century knock.
