Confrontation between 'James Anderson' and 'R Ashwin' provided a
Confrontation between 'James Anderson' and 'R Ashwin' provided a "sour end": Cook
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Britain commander Alastair Cook regretted a "harsh end" to the fourth Test with India after Ravichandran Ashwin faced James Anderson over remarks made about in-frame India captain Virat Kohli.

Kohli has been shocking in the five-coordinate arrangement, which India fixed by beating England by an innings and 36 keeps running in Mumbai, scoring 235 at the Wankhede Stadium having hit 167 and 81 in the second Test in Visakhapatnam to another half-century in the third Test in Mohali.

Be that as it may, Anderson, talking after the fourth day's play, proposed the moderate contributes India minimize Kohli's blemishes, saying: "Pitches like this suit him down to the ground".

Those words hit a nerve with India and particularly Ashwin, who went with Anderson to the center as he exited as England's last batsman on Monday.

"It was somewhat of a sour end truly," Cook said. "It was a baffling end as far as how well the soul between both sides has been played.

"It was plainly in reference to what Jimmy said, which has sort of been smothered of all extents, which it can do here. He was simply expressing a reality which on the off chance that you asked Virat is most likely very genuine.

"Be that as it may, yes, it was clearly simply staying up for their chief which I believed was marginally superfluous."

"Interestingly I was attempting to quiet things down in the center when [Anderson] is included," he said."Ashwin wasn't satisfied with what he said in the press, yet I didn't think about it. So I didn't comprehend what to make of it. I was chuckling about it.

"Ashwin wasn't excessively awed and he let him know, not utilizing any terrible words genuinely. I think he let him know he was truly frustrated with what he said and it is imperative to acknowledge vanquish as it seems to be.

"Things like that. Simply broad, you know how Ashwin is, he is to the point, he can truly strike you well and he doesn't have to state terrible words. Later on, I told James these things happen and we should proceed onward." 

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