‘Don’t know where it comes from..’: Ravindra Jadeja snubbed umpire at Lord’s, claims commentators post match
GH News July 19, 2025 02:06 PM
The third Test between India and England was full of dramas tensions and aggression both on and off the field. The five days Test between the two teams was a very high-profile game with both sides performing at their best. Despite this England secured a thrilling 22 runs victory over India at Lords. The slow over rates have been a major story behind the Lords Test and throughout the series. In the third Test there were multiple interruptions again and again as the umpires would call for delays based on the state of the ball or individual players. Michael Atherton on Jadeja ignoring umpires at Lords Former England batter Michael Atherton has highlighted concerns around the authority of the umpire being challenged highlighting an incident off-camera with Indias Ravindra Jadeja as an alarming example. Atherton pointed at the current issuethe current issue of over-rates and if the on-field officials are now getting sidelined in important moments and losing the capability to manage players behaviour. The focus is more on the umpires than the players for the umpires to just get a grip. I dont know where the diminishing of umpires authority comes from. Maybe its the post-DRS thing Atherton who is also a part of the broadcast team told Sky Sports Cricket. Pre-DRS the umpires were almost omnipotent. Since DRS maybe that authority has just withered away. There was one point where Jaddu was having a drink and the umpire was pointing towards the watch and was telling him to get on with it. And he just completely ignored him! said Atherton So I think theres room for the game to be sped up a bit without compromising the quality. Atherton added Its unclear whether Atherton was talking about the first or second innings but Jadeja contributed considerably for the bat during the Lords Test where his unbeaten 61 contributed significantly to bring the end of the third Test to an exciting conclusion when he managed to get India moving in its fightback while he was batting with the tail in its chase of 193 runs. Do-or-Die Tests awaits for India in Manchester Coming to the match India was chasing down the target of 193 runs in a unstable situation at 71/5. Jadeja played a calm and composed knock and built a couple of partnerships with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Jasprit Bumrah which kept Indias hopes alive. Eventually he also took the responsibility to score runs alongside No. 11 Mohammed Siraj but sadly Siraj walked out too soon and India had to suffer a heartbreaking defeat. Shubman Gill-led India now must win the fouth Test match in Manchester to keep their series win hopes alive with England leading the five Test series 2-1. Team India had its first training session in Manchester on Thursday.  
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