An ugly battle of verbals!
Updated On: 03 August, 2025 08:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Sunil Gavaskar
Ever since India skipper Shubman Gill understandably got hot under the collar at the delaying tactics of the English openers, the verbals have been flying thick and fast as players from both teams have had a go at each other
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India skipper Shubman Gill (right) and England opener Zak Crawley (third from right) exchange words towards the end of Day Three of the third Test at Lord’s, London, recently. PIC/Getty Images
By the time you read this, one of the most riveting of Test series could probably be over. Not for a long, long time have two well-matched teams squared up against each other and gone toe to toe and nose to nose as these two teams have. The batting has been of the highest quality, though admittedly, with both teams being a bit short on wicket-taking bowlers, the scores in the first four Test matches on slow batting surfaces have been on a high side.
Most grassy Oval pitch
Then came the Oval Test, and in all my trips to England, where I played or saw some cricket, never has there been a grassier surface at the Oval than in this Test match. No wonder the batters were found out and those who got fifties can well pat themselves on the backs as these half-centuries were the equivalent of a Test century at the other venues in this series.
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