NEW DELHI: A tense moment unfolded between England captain Ben Stokes and Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal on Day 1 of the second Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham. The exchange occurred during the opening session when Stokes was bowling and Jaiswal took a sharp single alongside Karun Nair.Stokes appeared to have a few words for the young batter, prompting a pointed response from Jaiswal: “You don’t want to hear from me, come on.”The incident took place while Stokes was bowling around the wicket. Jaiswal nudged the ball to the leg side and quickly set off for a single, triggering the brief verbal duel.Jaiswal, who notched up a century in the first Test at Leeds (scoring 101 in the first innings), looked in good touch again, reaching his half-century with a crisp boundary. His performance comes after facing criticism for dropping three catches during the Leeds Test.WATCH:England, having won the toss for the second time in the series, once again opted to bowl first. They retained the same XI, choosing not to bring in Jofra Archer.England XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir.India XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (capt), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
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