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KL Rahul Argues With Umpire As He Defends Prasidh Krishna Over His Spat With Joe Root

Abhinav Tyagi

KL Rahul Picks fight with Umpire - (Source: @KLRahulFans/X.com)KL Rahul Picks fight with Umpire - (Source: @KLRahulFans/X.com)

Indian players were full of fire on Day 2 of the fifth Test against England as several players got into an argument with the hosts. Akash Deep was the first one to start as the right-arm seamer gave a send-off to Ben Duckett after drawing the first blood for the visitors.

The act went viral on social media, only to be later revealed that Duckett had actually provoked the Indian seamer with the 'You Can't Get Me Out In Here' remark. 

Prasidh Krishna followed Deep's footsteps and got into a fight with Joe Root. Krishna exchanged a few words, following which Root also lost his cool, and the umpires had to step in to stop the matter from escalating.

KL Rahul Engages In A Debate With Kumar Dharmasena

Meanwhile, the Indian players also surrounded the umpires as they were explaining to Krishna that he cannot speak to the batter. The idea didn't go well with KL Rahul, who actually got engaged in a heated chat with official Kumar Dharmasena. 

Rahul, as captured in the stump mic, was heard telling Kumar that the Indian team is not there to just bat, bowl and go home. They will reply to everything directed at them. Further, the umpire was not impressed by that and warned KL of speaking to the batters. Here is how the conversation went. 

Rahul And Dharmasena's Conversation

KL Rahul: What do you want us to do? Be quiet?

Dharmasena: You will like any bowler come and walk to you? No, you can't do that. No, Rahul, we should not go on that way.

Rahul: What do you want us to do? Just bat and bowl and go home?

Dharmasena: We will discuss at the end of the match. You can't talk like that.

Talking about the ongoing match, the aggressive side of the Indian players actually helped the Shubman Gill-led side, as England, who were 90/0 went to 243/8 at the time of writing.