Follow UsBen Stokes offered Indian batters Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar an opportunity to shake hands and call it a day before the last hour of play at Old Trafford in Manchester on Day 5 of the fourth Test between India and England.
Jadeja was on 89 and Sundar on 80 when the handshake was offered. However, the batters did not take the hand and instead went on to complete their respective centuries. A lot of debate happened as to who was wrong and who was right, with most favouring the Indian batters.
A counter view, however, was taken by former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn, who said that the purpose of the Indian batters was not a century while they were batting. It was, according to Steyn, rather to secure a draw for the team, with there being no point of going for the century once they achieved the goal.
Steyn gave his opinion while replying to South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi’s tweet on the matter, where he had said that Indian batters were well within their rights to go for the century, adding that he would have done the same.
Here’s how the conversation panned out between the two Proteas players on a matter which did not involve their country.