The second Test between India and England saw multiple players from both sides of the contest switch to their aggressive side as the number of days passed by and the zeal to get a lead in the series became stronger.

Amid the numerous verbal battles being exchanged between the two teams, one stood out in which in the first innings, batsman James Anderson walked up to Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah, allegedly abused him and complained about bowling too fast to him.

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In an over, Bumrah delivered four no-balls by overstepping the crease. It was the same over in which the paceman bowled a few short-pitch balls with Anderson on strike, which made the Englishman irk enough to grumble and protest out loud.

But what exactly did Anderson say to Bumrah which snowballed into this huge issue that Indian skipper Virat Kohli took so personally and started abusing Anderson for in the second innings? Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and the Indian fielding coach R Sridhar revealed in a YouTube video on Thursday evening.

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“Previously, there was an unwritten rule among fast bowlers: The fast bowlers club. While one is bowling to the other, ‘thou shall not bowl bouncers, beamers and extremely quick deliveries. Bowl full once and get him out. An understanding’,” Sridhar said while starting the chapter of the Anderson-Bumrah spat. 

“The thing was, Jimmy [Anderson] was like ‘Hey mate! Why are you bowling so fast? Am I doing the same to you?’ added Ashwin. “The beauty about that is, looks like Jimmy had told Boom [Bumrah], ‘All these while, you were bowling in the 80MPHs, suddenly on seeing me, why are you bowling in the 90MPHs?’” he added while mocking the Englishman. 

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“So after the innings, the boys were walkin back to the dressing room. Then, Bumrah walked past Jimmy and just patted at him, so as to tell him that it [bouncers] wasn’t intentional. We all know Bumrah. He is such a nice guy. So he had gone to talk to him and end the matter, but Jimmy brushed him aside,” Sridhar added.

“Brushing him aside, he has told him “You bowl only 85MPH to the other batters, you are bowling 90MPH to me. This is cheating. I won’t accept,” Sridhar went on to further ridicule Anderson for crying to Bumrah for actually doing his job.

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It is rather surprising to see that someone like James Anderson, who has been around international cricket across multiple decades was bickering about such petty issues and when the Indian bowler walked up to him to sort things out, he refused to budge. 

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