Verbal fireworks! Yashavi Jaiswal vs Ben Stokes war of words lights up Edgbaston – WATCH | Cricket News

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ben Stokes

NEW DELHI: A tense second unfolded between England captain Ben Stokes and Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on Day 1 of the second Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The alternate occurred in the course of the opening session when Stokes was bowling and Jaiswal took a pointy single alongside Karun Nair.Stokes appeared to have a number of words for the younger batter, prompting a pointed response from Jaiswal: “You don’t want to hear from me, come on.”The incident occurred whereas Stokes was bowling across the wicket. Jaiswal nudged the ball to the leg facet and rapidly set off for a single, triggering the transient verbal duel.Jaiswal, who notched up a century within the first Test at Leeds (scoring 101 within the first innings), appeared in good contact once more, reaching his half-century with a crisp boundary. His efficiency comes after going through criticism for dropping three catches in the course of the Leeds Test.WATCH:England, having received the toss for the second time within the sequence, as soon as once more opted to bowl first. They retained the identical XI, selecting not to herald Jofra Archer.England XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.India XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.