New Delhi, July 28 -- Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin ripped into the English cricket team for their behaviour during the Manchester Test. The incident occurred during the last hour of play on Sunday when England skipper Ben Stokes, realising that his team could no longer secure a win, asked Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar to call off the match.

The two left-handers, then unbeaten on 89 each, had batted through the day and, with centuries in sight, refused to leave the field. That, however, triggered the English camp, who began poking the Indian batters with snide remarks. Stokes reportedly asked Jadeja if he really wanted to get his hundred against the likes of Harry Brook and Ben Duckett.

Meanwhile, Zak Crawley told Jad...