England vs India: Shubman Gill says hosts acted against 'spirit of cricket' at Lord's

India skipper Shubman Gill accused England of acting contrary to the "spirit of cricket" with time-wasting tactics that sparked a fig of confrontations successful the melodramatic 3rd Test astatine Lord's.

England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett ensured they faced lone 1 implicit astatine the extremity of the 3rd time and were surrounded by the tourists, including skipper Gill.

The players often clashed implicit the remaining 2 days of England's 22-run win. India gait bowler Mohammed Siraj was punished for his solemnisation of Duckett's wicket connected the 4th morning, portion England seamer Brydon Carse and visiting all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja had to beryllium separated connected the last day.

Speaking earlier Wednesday's 4th Test astatine Old Trafford, wherever England tin seal a bid win, location skipper Ben Stokes said events connected the 3rd evening astatine Lord's "sparked everyone disconnected a small bit" successful narration to the mode his broadside were inspired implicit the remainder of the Test.

But Gill claimed Crawley and Duckett were 90 seconds precocious successful arriving to the crease for the commencement of England's 2nd innings astatine Lord's, causing Indian emotions to "come retired of nowhere".

"A batch of radical person been talking astir it, truthful fto maine wide the aerial erstwhile and for all," said Gill.

"If we were successful that position, we would besides similar to play little overs, but there's a mode to bash it.

"To beryllium capable to travel 90 seconds precocious to the crease is not thing that I would deliberation comes successful the tone of the game."

England dismissed India precocious connected Saturday of the Lord's Test, leaving the scores level connected 387 aft the archetypal innings.

With the adjacent drafting near, the location broadside looked to bounds the magnitude of overs they faced that evening. Crawley, facing Jasprit Bumrah, pulled retired of his stance connected a fig of occasions, past besides called for the physio aft helium was struck connected the hand.

England's players were confronted by the visitors, portion Sky Sports had to apologise for Gill swearing. The words betwixt the 2 teams continued arsenic they near the tract astatine the extremity of play.

Speaking aft the adjacent that day, England bowling manager Tim Southee said India had nary close to kick astir time-wasting, pointing retired a lengthy hold connected time 2 erstwhile Gill received attraction connected his backmost portion fielding.

"The English batsmen connected that day, they had 7 minutes of play left," said Gill. "They were 90 seconds precocious to travel to the crease. Not 10, not 20, they were 90 seconds late.

"Leading up to that event, a batch of things we thought should not person happened, happened. I wouldn't accidental it's thing I'm precise arrogant of, but determination was a lead-up and build-up to that event. It didn't conscionable travel retired of nowhere.

"We had nary volition of doing that whatsoever. You're playing a game, playing to triumph and determination are a batch of emotions involved. When you spot things happening that should not happen, sometimes the emotions travel retired of nowhere."

Stokes spoke earlier Gill, truthful did not person the accidental to respond straight to the allegation his squad acted against the tone of the game.

On Monday, batter Harry Brook revealed manager Brendon McCullum told England they were "too nice" earlier the Lord's Test, an appraisal Stokes agreed with.

"Maybe excessively bully is simply a bully mode to enactment it, truthful it's large erstwhile we tin spell retired and bash what we did there, and we were capable to backmost it up with our actions," Stokes told BBC Sport.

Despite the regular flashpoints implicit the last 2 days of the Lord's Test, Stokes was adamant neither squad engaged successful immoderate behaviour that was unacceptable.

"Conversations and back-and-forth you spot retired successful the mediate sometimes get massively over-analysed and criticised," said Stokes.

"No-one would person gone crying themselves to slumber implicit what we said to each other. We're precise speedy these days to stamp down connected that benignant of stuff. It conscionable shows passion, desire. Both teams are retired determination wanting to win.

"It's ne'er going to spell implicit the enactment and if it does spell implicit the line, past it's the work of the skipper retired determination to propulsion it back. At not 1 signifier did we spell implicit the enactment and astatine not 1 signifier did India spell implicit the line."

England volition triumph the bid with a crippled to spare if they triumph the 4th Test successful Manchester. India person not won connected immoderate of their 9 visits to this ground, portion England person mislaid lone doubly present this century.

Although the aggression served England good astatine Lord's, Stokes said his squad volition not spell seeking confrontation astatine Old Trafford.

"We are surely not going to spell retired determination and conscionable commencement it disconnected for nothing, due to the fact that I don't privation it to instrumentality our attraction distant from what the extremity of this week is," said Stokes.

"It was bully we've said we're not going to fto immoderate squad consciousness similar they tin intimidate america successful immoderate way.

"It's not astir shying distant from confrontation, it's conscionable making definite that is not the main goal. It's doing it successful the close way, keeping your emotions successful cheque with it all.

"Every squad successful the world, if there's a small spot of niggle, I'm definite each their team-mates volition leap successful and assistance them out. That's what we did past week."