Drama erupted at the beginning of the ultimate hour of the match on Sunday (July 27, 2025) when dwelling skipper Ben Stokes provided to shake palms with Indian batters, realising that an outright end result was not doable.
Jadeja and Washington batting on 89 and 80 respectively refused the supply to go away the England captain pissed off. Stokes later stated that he made the supply since he did not need to threat harm to his fatigued frontline bowlers.
“Have you heard the term double standards? They played your bowlers all day, batted you out and suddenly when they’re nearing hundreds, you want to walk off? Why should they?,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.
“They have played all your bowlers since morning and taken it to a draw. They have worked hard, so you want them to leave their hundred?” the previous off-spinner fumed.
India finally referred to as it a draw as soon as each Jadeja and Washington introduced up their centuries. It was Washington’s maiden Test ton.
Both Ashwin and legendary Sunil Gavaskar stated they’d have had India bat mandated 15 overs.
“If I was the Indian captain, I would have played the entire 15 overs,” Ashwin stated.
Gavaskar echoed the identical sentiment on Sony Sports: “I’d ask them to keep batting and keep the team on the field for the full 15 overs.”
As England gamers crowded Jadeja, Stokes had sarcastically quipped “You’re going to get a Test hundred against Harry Brook (part-time bowler)?” “You ask, ‘You want to make a hundred against Harry Brook? He has to make a hundred, you bring Steve Harmison, Andre Flintoff bring any bowler – they didn’t object, it was your call to bring Brook, not ours,” Ashwin stated.
“These are Test runs, a century is earned, not gifted, Washington deserved it, Jadeja deserved it. Period.”
Ashwin stated India had been effectively inside their rights to refuse to name it a draw with the 2 batters going for his or her milestone.
“There were two reasons: one you didn’t want to tire your bowlers. Fine. Second you were frustrated and though ‘If I’m not happy, you shouldn’t be either’. That’s now how cricket works.”
Former Australia keeper-batter Brad Haddin referred to as out England for his or her poor sportsmanship.
“India showed tremendous fight on the final day. Then all of a sudden, it was a situation when England said they can’t win so then let’s stop the game because England are done playing,” Haddin stated on the ‘WillowTalkPodcast’.
“I preferred what India did, they earned the fitting to remain so long as they need. They had the fitting to make the hundred. Just as a result of it did not go England’s manner they usually did not get the reply that they need, abruptly they (England) weren’t comfortable and began getting verbal.
“So things don’t go England’s way all of sudden it’s everyone else’s problem. Well done to India,” Haddin stated.
Former England captain Alastair Cook too backed India’s choice, suggesting the momentum would serve them effectively heading into the fifth and last Test at The Oval, which they should win to degree the sequence.
“It was the right decision for (Jadeja and Washington) to carry on for the momentum they’ll gain from it,” Cook stated on BBC’s ‘Test Match Special’.
“When you’ve been out in the field for 140 overs, you get frustrated. So, it is a little bit of frustration for England but I understand why India did it,” he added.
Nasser Hussain, one other former skipper, agreed termed Stokes’ choice to bowl Harry Brook after the handshake as “silly”.
“I didn’t have a problem with it. England seemed to have a problem with it. They were a bit tired, tired bowlers so they wanted to get off but two lads worked hard to get to 80s and 90s and they wanted to get Test match hundreds,” Hussain stated on ‘Sky Sports’.
“Stokes didn’t have to bowl Brook and look silly at the end. We make far too much of these things. They played well and all credit to India,” Hussain stated.
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