India wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel has said Yashasvi Jaiswal confronted Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando after Fernando allegedly directed repeated verbal abuse at the India opener during the second Test in Colombo.
The exchange occurred in the opening session of Day 1 after Fernando dismissed Jaiswal for 45 with the final delivery of the 17th over. Jaiswal had struck Fernando for three boundaries earlier in the over before the pacer gave him an animated send-off.
Jurel says Jaiswal reacted to alleged abuse
Jurel said Jaiswal initially walked towards the dressing room without responding but turned back after Fernando allegedly continued speaking to him.
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“When he got out, he was quietly walking back to the dressing room. He didn’t say anything. If you look at the footage, Jaiswal immediately turned around. The Sri Lankan pacer was abusing him. Jaiswal told me that he was abusing him nonstop,” Jurel told former India batter Aakash Chopra, according to a Times of India report.
Jurel said Jaiswal accepted Fernando’s right to celebrate the wicket but objected to what Jaiswal regarded as personal abuse. “Jaiswal told him, ‘It’s okay. You took my wicket, you can show normal aggression, but you can’t abuse me,'” Jurel added.
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Players intervened before ICC sanctions followed
Players from both teams intervened to separate Jaiswal and Fernando after the pair came face-to-face. The confrontation ended on the field, and the International Cricket Council subsequently sanctioned both players for breaches of its Code of Conduct.
Jurel, who is also Jaiswal’s Rajasthan Royals teammate, described the opener as a batter who does not usually initiate verbal exchanges but responds when provoked.
“He will never start it; I have never seen him do that. He is always in the zone; he is always thinking about his batting. But if you provoke us, we will also return it,” Jurel said.
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