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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Simon Burnton

Shubman Gill believes England breached ‘spirit of the game’ during third Test

The England opener Zak Crawley and India’s captain, Shubman Gill, exchange words during an ill-tempered finale to day three of the third Test at Lord’s.
The England opener Zak Crawley and India’s captain, Shubman Gill, exchange words during an ill-tempered finale to day three of the third Test at Lord’s. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

The India captain, Shubman Gill, has strongly criticised some of England’s behaviour during this Test series, describing it as not “what I would think comes in the spirit of the game”.

On the eve of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, Gill was asked if he regretted confronting the England batter Zak Crawley during the previous match at Lord’s, a moment that prompted England to decide, as Harry Brook put it on Monday, “to give them something back and not be the nice guys we have been in the last three or four years”.

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