As the first test between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens ended in a draw, after a dramatic, tense and gruelling final hour of the final day on Monday, Temperature flared many times, as Visitor’s wicket keeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella engaged in a few heated arguments with team India’s Skipper Virat Kohli, Mohammad Shami and R. Ashwin.
Also, The Sri Lankans were seen engaged in a time wasting tactics as physio was coming on to the ground on a few occasions while Niroshan Dickwella was coming off his crease while Mohammed Shami was bowling that led to a heated exchange.
However, Team India’s opener KL Rahul did not blame Sri Lanka and said they would have done the same under a similar circumstance.
“That’s how the game is played. Nobody wants to lose game. These are tricks of the trade and are used by every team. Nothing unfair about it” he said.
“As a team, you try to win you try to push in as many overs you can but that’s how it’s played. You can’t really complain. Like I said we could have made a match if we got about five-six more overs. It was exciting for us” he added.
