The two players nearly came to blows during the heated altercation, which also involved both of them pushing each other. After being hit for three boundaries in the over, Fernando managed to dismiss Jaiswal on the final ball and appeared to give him a send-off. Jaiswal, who was walking back, turned around to confront Fernando. The two exchanged a few words, clashed heads, and there was also a push before they were separated by the rest of the Sri Lankan team.
India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal got involved in a fiery exchange with Sri Lanka pacer Asitha Fernando on Day 1 of their second Test in Colombo.
“The verbals are probably an overflow of emotion. This century was vastly different from the one he scored at Galle, where the pitch was not remotely challenging in the first two days.
Sri Lanka’s fast-bowling coach Ryan van Niekerk said it is the duty of the match referee, in this case Andy Pycroft, to look into such things. I’ll leave that to the match referee to deal with,” he said.
