Ravichandran Ashwin and Jonny Bairstow were involved in a fiery altercation that ended in a war of words on Day 4 of the second Test match between India and England in Visakhapatnam on Monday. It started when Ashwin gave Bairstow an animated send-off after he was trapped LBW by Jasprit Bumrah in the 42nd over of England’s second innings. It was a brilliant delivery from Bumrah that nipped back and crashed into Bairstow’s pads with the replays confirming that it would have gone on to hit the leg stump. With Bairstow going for a review, Ashwin celebrated right in front of Bairstow’s face and the England cricketer responded with a few words that made Ashwin turn back and respond fiercely.
India dismissed England for 292 runs in their second innings on day four to register a series-levelling 106-run win in the second Test.
Resuming at 194 for six, England lost the remaining four wickets in the post-lunch session to be bowled out in 69.2 overs as India levelled the five-match series 1-1.
While England skipper Ben Stokes (11) was run out, Jasprit Bumrah got rid of Ben Foakes (36) and Tom Hartley (36), while Mukesh Kumar removed Shoaib Bashir (0).
In the morning session, India took five wickets with R Ashwin (3/72) claiming two and Kuldeep Yadav (1/60) and Axar Patel (1/75) accounted for one each.
R Ashwin stayed one wicket away from completing 500 Test wickets after his three-wicket haul.
Zak Crawley was the most successful batter for England, scoring a 132-ball 73.
England were 67 for one at stumps on day 3.
India had scored 396 and 255 in their two innings, while England were dismissed for 253 in their first essay.
India had lost the opening Test by 28 runs in Hyderabad.
