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Tension boiled over in the final five minutes of Day 3 at Lord's as Shubman Gill and Jasprit Bumrah were visibly fired up.🎙️ TOI Sports' Sahil Malhotra breaks down the exact moments, context, and emotional trigger points that led to the flare-up — all from the ground.
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