Veteran England batter Joe Root commented on the heated exchange between Shubman Gill and Zak Crawley at the end of the third day of the third Test at Lord’s. However, India and England had a 2-2 drawn five-match series. The tension was at its highest in the third Test at Lord’s, with the series tied at 1-1 as well. However, in the waning stages of Day 3, Crawley utilized time-wasting techniques to ensure no more than an over was bowled. Yet, Gill himself took time to have a massage for his issues with cramps on Day 2, something Root pointed to when he talked about the incident in a recent interview.

He said on the Barmy Army TV YouTube channel, “It was quite amusing watching all that unfold, especially having seen Shubman getting a massage for ten minutes when he had cramps the day before. There are other things like these that happen during the game that adds to the spectacle.”

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“It’s not something you want to see all the time, where days get played out over only 60 overs because there are so many other things happening. But every now and then, something like that is good theatre as long as it doesn’t ruin the overall experience,” he again shared.

However, Joe Root believes Indian captain Shubman Gill lost his temper during the incident with Zak Crawley at the end of the third day at Lord’s as well.

“I guess there is just an element of that in the way they do things. And as an opposition, it’s just making sure you have a very good method in combating that, whether that’s having a go back at them, like the incident at Lord’s with Zak that made that over about eight minutes long. Gill lost his temper but it creates great drama to the whole thing,” Joe Root concluded.