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On Sunday, July 27, the fourth Test of the five-match series for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy ended in a draw with century knocks coming from Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar. While the game looked in a tricky situation at the close of day four’s play at the Emirates Old Trafford, but a gritty 90 from KL Rahul and centuries from the middle-order trio, helped them settle for a draw.
With a draw result on Sunday, the series currently stands 2-1 in favour of the hosts with one more Test still to be played, which will be held from July 31 to August 4 at the Kennington Oval in London. While the visitors will be hailed for their fighting effort, the English skipper, Ben Stokes welcomed some kind on controversy as he was spotted snubbing a handshake with the all-rounder duo.
Ben Stokes snubs handshake with Jadeja and Sundar after a draw in fourth Test; video goes viral
However, India’s chances of a win looked impossible, but the valiant side put a batting display of ages and settled for a draw. However, the gritty knocks of the all-rounder duo earned praises, the English skipper, Ben Stokes was surrounded by controversy after he was seen refusing a handshake with the Indian all-rounders after the game ended in a draw.
In the video going viral, Stokes refrained from shaking hands with the Indian players, but went onto shake hands with the umpire as well as his teammates. Although, the video went viral in no time, but the truth lies that the England all-rounder had already shook hands with them, which is visible in a few videos circulating on the internet.
Furthermore, Stokes was also inquired of the same during the post-match press conference, while hailing the Indian all-rounders for their respective knocks. "The knock that those two played was very, very good. The situation that India found themselves in there, with us opening the game slightly, that partnership was massive. You hold your hands up, they played incredibly, incredibly well. And I don't think there would've been too much more satisfaction from walking off a hundred not out, getting your team out of a tricky situation, than walking off at 80, 90 not out,” he said.
“That's what you've done for your team. You know, the 10 more runs or whatever it was ain't gonna change the fact that you've managed to get your team out of a very, very, very tricky situation and almost saved your team from a series defeat before the last game," Stokes further added.
