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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>India skipper Virat Kohli reflected on the final day of the second Test against England at Lord&#8217;s and said that the team is &#8220;not going to take a backward step when provoked&#8221;. Speaking at the pre-match press conference ahead of the third Test at Headingley, Kohli said the details of what was said on the field during a heated final day&#8217;s play at Lord&#8217;s need not be revealed but those verbal volleys gave the team some &#8220;extra motivation&#8221;. The fifth day at Lord&#8217;s saw players from both sides go at one another with England dishing out some short-pitched bowling and some words to Jasprit Bumrah followed by Kohli engaging with several English players, most noticeably Jos Buttler.</p>
<p>&#8220;Day 5 of the second Test showed this team is not going to take a backward step when provoked,&#8221; said Kohli on Tuesday.</p>
<p>When asked as to what exactly provoked India at Lord&#8217;s, Kohli said: &#8220;I can&#8217;t give you the details of what was said on the field at Lord&#8217;s. What&#8217;s said on the field gives you extra motivation&#8230; It is what you do after that situation is what matters.&#8221;</p>
<p>Bumrah and Mohammed Shami shared an unbeaten 89-run stand for the ninth wicket in the second innings as India set England 272 runs to win on Day 5.</p>
<p>England tactics of consistently bowling short to India&#8217;s No.10 and 11 were criticised by experts and fans, including legendary spinner Shane Warne.</p>
<p>Root later admitted to having erred on the field on that final day.</p>
<p>England&#8217;s short-ball ploy was apparently in response to Bumrah bowling short to Anderson in the first innings.</p>
<p>Anderson spoke about facing up to Bumrah during that menacing spell late on Day 3 and said he has &#8220;not felt like this ever&#8221;, suggesting Bumrah wasn&#8217;t trying to get him out.</p>
<p>After that I have not felt like this, I don&#8217;t think ever in my career, I felt like he wasn&#8217;t trying to get me out. He bowled an over that was maybe 10, 11, 12 balls, bowling no ball after no ball, and bowling short. I think he bowled two on the stumps, which I managed to dig out,&#8221; Anderson told BBC podcast &#8216;Tailenders&#8217;.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Even as India labored to survive on day four of the second Test match at Lord&#8217;s, India skipper Virat Kohli and England pacer James Anderson were sparring. Both cricketers are Alphas in their own right; Anderson was hammered with short bowling while batting yesterday, and now that he has the ball, he is in no [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>&#8220;Are you swearing at me once more?&#8221;, Kohli said to Anderson, &#8220;this isn&#8217;t your fu**ing backyard&#8221;. Even as Anderson responded with a few words. After the fifth delivery, India captain Virat Kohli proceeded to mock Anderson, saying, &#8220;chirp chirp chirp. This is what becoming older does to you&#8221;.</p>
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