India, July 23 -- The Manchester crowd showed no mercy to India captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday as he walked out to bat on the first afternoon of the fourth Test. The loud boos were a direct response to Gill's fiery outburst in the pre-match press conference, which followed his verbal clash with Zak Crawley during the third Test at Lord's.

India made a steady start at Old Trafford after being put in to bat, with the openers putting up a 94-run stand. But England hit back hard in the second session of Day 1, dismissing both openers - KL Rahul edged Chris Woakes to Crawley at slip, and Liam Dawson ended Jaiswal's stay.

As Gill emerged from the dressing room, jeers rang around the ground. The crowd, still stirred by his bold comments on ...