Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|28-07-2025
A Big drama unfolded in the final moments of the Manchester Test as Ben Stokes offered Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar before the duo smashed their century.
The fourth test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy ended in a draw after solid knocks from KL Rahul, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.
India and England cricket teams has flared up many times in field during the ongoing five match series. The day 05 of the Manchester test has also seen such kind of drama where Ben Stokes approached the umpires and Jadeja and Sundar to shake hands and end the contest right there
However, the India duo Jadeja and Sundar were both approaching their centuries, so the duo decided not to walk off. This left Ben Stokes fuming and he refrained from bowling his specialists as he introduced the part-timers Harry Brook and Joe Root.
Harry Brook went on to delivery full toss one by one where Sundar and Jadeja went on to register their centuries, and eventually the game was called off.
Former England batter Jonathan Trott did not take kindly to England’s tactics, saying this was not a nice end to the contest.
“Yeah, I’m not too sure I like how this game’s finishing. Harry Brook is not even trying to really bother. He’s just throwing up now, almost sort of saying, as he stops there, just sort of giving up and just lobbing the ball. I’ve always liked toss-ups, you see. For me, this is really strange,” said Jonathan Trott.
“There’s a way to play the game. There’s a respect for the opposition. You see again, yeah, today he’s just lobbing up,” he added.
Once both teams shook hands, former England captain Michael Atherton did not hesitate to call out Harry Brook’s bowling ‘farcical.’
India batted for more than five sessions to save the Manchester Test. Eventually, the game was called off with the visitors at 425/5 in the second innings. Jadeja and Washington Sundar remained unbeaten 107 and 101 respectively.
England leads the series 2-1 by the end of fourth test and the final test will be played between July 31 and August 04 at The Kennington Oval.