Why did Stokes suddenly leave the field?Image Credit Source: PTI
The second day of Edgbaston Test match between India and England was quite special. Team India captain Shubman Gill scored a memorable double century and took India to 587 runs in the first innings. At the same time, the top order of England had to face bad conditions on its own land. But apart from these, some interesting things were seen on the second day, in which the dispute of Ben Stokes and Ravindra Jadeja also made headlines. At the same time, something happened in the first session of the match, which surprised everyone. This was about half of England teams including Ben Stokes and returned to the pavilion suddenly. But when and why did this happen? Let us tell you.
Thursday was the second day of this second match of the Test series started in Edgbaston on 2 July. Team India started the day with a score of 310 runs for 5 wickets. Captain Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja continued to carry on the innings and yearning for England for the wicket. Every plan of English captain Stokes and his bowlers proved to be a failure. Then as soon as the 98th over of the Indian innings and the 13th over of the day ended, the game was suddenly stopped.
Why 5 players suddenly went out?
This was the time when 5 players of England team including Ben Stokes suddenly started running towards the dressing room. On the TV screen, it showed that Ben Docket and Harry Brook also reached behind Stokes. Apart from him, two other players were also seen moving towards the dressing room. Now what happened that Stokes and his companions suddenly had to go from the middle of the match? So the reason for this was drinks break.
All this happened after the first hour game, when the umpires announced a 5 -minute drink break, as after every hour of play. Obviously, Stokes and his comrades must have needed to use the washroom of the dressing room and in such a situation, there could be no better time than drinks break. However, the health of any player was not bad and all the players immediately returned to fielding on the field.
This was the condition of the second day
As far as the second day’s game is concerned, Team India put England on the backfoot throughout the day. The Indian team scored 587 runs in the first innings thanks to captain Gill’s 269 runs. This is Gill’s first Test double century and he also became the player to score the biggest score as an Indian captain. In response, England lost their 3 wickets for only 25 runs. Akash Deep took 2 wickets off 2 consecutive balls, while Mohammad Siraj also got 1 wicket. After this, Joe Root and Harry Brook handled the innings and brought the team to 77 runs till the end of the day’s play.
