Kumar Dharmasena pacifies KL Rahul after Krishna-Root fight; India batter says ‘What do you want us to do? Be quite?’

Tempers flared at The Oval on Friday when India pacer Prasidh Krishna got involved in a heated exchange of words with England batter Joe Root on the second day of the fifth and final Test. The Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy has been no short of entertainment and the Krishna-Root fight added another drama in the growing list. 

The incident took place on the 22nd over of England’s first innings when Krishna threw some words at Root after the England batter opened his account with a boundary through the gully region. Root, a cool and calm character, looked visibly miffed, gave it back to the Indian. 

Although its unclear what the conversation was about between the duo, the umpires had to intervene and calm things down. While Root chose not to escalate things further, on-field umpire Kumar Dharmasena had a word with Krishna, warning him. However, things didn’t end there. 

KL Rahul, who was lurking around, made his entry into the scene and had his version with Dharmasena, the conversation of which was caught in the stump mic. “What do you want us to do? Be quite?” was Rahul’s first reaction to Dharmasena. 

“You will like any other bowler come and talk to you? No, you can’t do that. We should not go that way,” was Dharmasena’s reply to Rahul. In response the Indian batter said, “What do you want us to do? Just bat and bowl and go home?”