IND vs ENG: Forget Gratitude Post Covid, Cricket Gets Cut-Throat

Post Covid-19 as teams returned to the cricket field with gratitude, they avoided altercations on the field as the resumption of cricket was the priority with everyone thankful for it. However, as the

The 26-year-old India pace bowler Siraj refused to disclose details saying only that Stokes abused him first before he had to call upon skipper Kohli to settle scores.

Siraj had been walking up to Stokes in his follow-through and staring at him. "That keeps happening on the ground. He (Stokes) abused me, then I spoke to Virat who handled it well. This keeps happening. It is not a big issue," said Siraj while talking to the media later.

Neither revealed what was said. A couple of months back in Sydney, the Australia skipper while struggling to break the partnership between Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari, told Ashwin he is not liked by his teammates unlike him and that he was waiting for him to get to the Gabba. Ashwin too responded saying his visit to India would be the last of his career.

England pace bowler Stuart Broad, who is not playing this Test after playing the last two, had criticized Paine for his outburst.

"This is all a part of the game. The Test match battle but Painey won't get away with that language with the laws above," the England pacer had tweeted.

Paine had, however, later apologized. It looks quite evident from these incidents that as international cricket gets back to normal, players will forget the gratitude and turn cut-throat.