India, Aug. 23 -- Yashasvi Jaiswal, the Indian opening batter, was involved in an ugly incident on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka. The heat of the moment got to the batter as he charged towards Sri Lankan pacer Asitha Fernando and almost came to blows with him after being dismissed. India's batting coach, Sitanshu Kotak, admitted that Jaiswal was wrong in getting "so close" to the speedster.

The incident happened in the morning session on Day 1 of the second Test in Colombo on Sunday. Jaiswal was on top of his game, hitting Fernando for three boundaries. However, the pacer had the final laugh as he got the ball to jag back in, rattling the stumps of Jaiswal.

The left-handed batter was making his way back to the pav...