Tensions simmered on the field during Day 4 of the fifth Test at The Oval as Yashasvi Jaiswal and England opener Ben Duckett engaged in a heated verbal exchange.

Jaiswal, animated and vocal while fielding close to the bat, taunted Duckett for his uncharacteristically cautious approach. “Come on, I want to see your shots. Play the sweep, reverse sweep. This is not your game,” Jaiswal was heard saying, referring to Duckett’s trademark aggressive stroke play that was noticeably absent in the morning session. Unfazed, Duckett snapped back: “Why should I listen to you?”

Duckett, who had lost opening partner Zak Crawley to the final ball on Day 3, showed signs of restraint early on, possibly still feeling the effects of a painful blow to the glove from Prasidh Krishna the previous evening. Nonetheless, he reached his fourth fifty of the series with a streaky boundary past gully, scoring 54 off 83 deliveries.