While crossover for the last over of the day, Ben Stokes and Rishabh Pant were involved in another round of argument. At this point, both the on-field umpires had to intervene before it escalated further. In what clothed to be the primary real on-field face-off within the series, India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant and England all-rounder Ben Stokes were involved during a heated exchange of words towards the top of Day 1 of the second match game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

It all transpired within the 87th of the Indian innings, which also clothed to be the penultimate of the over of the day when Pant decided to require his own time in between deliveries to form sure Joe Root’s over was the last one before stumps. Irked by this, Stokes who was standing initially slip seemed to have said something to Pant. The India wicket-keeper wasn’t the one to face back. He refused to bat till the chatter from behind the stumps stopped. When it finally did, Pant played out the last two balls but the matter didn’t end there.

While crossover for the last over of the day, Stokes and Pant were involved in another round of argument. At this point, both the onfield umpires had to intervene before it escalated further. Olly Stone bowled the last over the day with Pant hitting him a boundary and safely negotiating the remainder of the deliveries.

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer too reacted to the incident. India lost three wickets within the final session but was still during a strong position at 300-6 at stumps on the primary day of the second Test. Rohit Sharma (161) scored his seventh test century and placed on 162 runs with Ajinkya Rahane (67) for the fourth wicket. Both batsmen were dismissed after tea as England fought back.

Rishabh Pant (33) and Axar Patel (5) are the batters at the crease. Rahane mentioned his 23rd test half-century off 104 balls. Sharma was motoring along at the opposite end, crossing 150 off 208 deliveries. Sharma was out against the run of play, caught at backward square leg as he went for an aerial sweep against Jack Leach. Rahane survived a dubious DRS call, which was later reversed. He didn’t survive for too long afterward, bowled by the recalled Moeen Ali (2-112).