India, July 14 -- India captain Shubman Gill played down the constant needle and sledging in the Lord's Test against England after the match ended in a 22-run defeat for the visitors on Monday. The third Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy saw tempers flaring between the two teams, and there were constant verbal exchanges between players. The entire escalation point came on the third day after Gill had a go at England opener Zak Crawley after the latter deliberately wasted time to ensure India didn't get a second over in before stumps.

When Crawley constantly kept on backing away, Gill was heard on the stump mic, saying "Grow some f*****g b***s".

The needle continued on Day 4 as Mohammed Siraj gave a fiery send-off to Ben Duckett, for...