India were under immense pressure as they stepped out at Old Trafford. The venue has not had a very respectful position in Indian Test history, and India was playing in a do-or-die game at the venue where they hadn't won a single match.
England skipper Ben Stokes offered to end the match in a draw with 15 overs remaining, as he felt the match was not going to meet any desired end. However, for India, they had their two batters, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar, both standing at the brink of their hundreds.
“If someone's batting on 90 and another on 85, don't they deserve their centuries? Would England have walked off if their own players were close to milestones? No. Our boys weathered the storm. They earned those tons. We're not here to please anyone,” said Gautam Gambhir.
The knock that those two played was very, very good - Ben Stokes breaks silence on 'handshake' row
The English skipper has defended his action and voiced praise for the Indian batters. After they looked at targeting their hundreds, Stokes offered Harry Brook to bowl some overs, a player not known even as a part-timer in the side.
Shubman Gill reveals whose decision was not to accept the handshake offer
The Indian skipper Shubman Gill has also come forward to praise India's batting performance under pressure on Day 4 and Day 5 of the fourth Test. He has credited Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar for their knocks and said that they deserved those hundreds, revealing it was on them to continue or to end the game.
The Indian skipper himself broke a 35-year record at Manchester. He turned the first Indian batter since Sachin Tendulkar (1990) to have scored a Test century at this venue. Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar eventually joined the tally with individual hundreds as well.
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