Jadeja and Sundar, nearing their centuries, refused to shake Stokes' hand to call the game a draw.
The under-fire England captain Ben Stokes has eventually received support from fellow countryman Jonathan Trott amid a flurry of criticism directed at him for his last-minute antics after Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja refused to shake hands during Day 5 of the fourth Test match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series.
Stokes offered to shake hands and call it a day following the two Indian all-rounders' defiance, which meant a draw in Manchester. However, Sundar, who was in his 80s, and Jadeja, who was in his 90s, turned down the offer because they were eager to achieve their well-earned personal achievement.
Stokes was enraged by this, which led to a furious argument between them. The two Indian batsmen eventually reached their respective milestones in the next fifteen minutes of the drama after the England captain threw the ball to Harry Brook, who bowled hilarious deliveries to make fun of them.
Jonathan Trott, a former cricket player for England, scolded Jadeja for putting her "personal milestone" ahead of the outcome.
According to Trott, Shubman Gill had offered the handshake, and Stokes would have accepted the draw if the roles had been reversed. He also made fun of Jadeja by stating that in the Bazball era, outcomes were more important than "personal milestones."
"In his mind, the game's done. I don't think England would have had the personal milestones on their mind personally; that's just my view. Maybe if somebody was close to getting it, their maiden century, it would have been a little bit different,” Trott said on JioHotstar.
"You could tell by the way that Ben Stokes has reacted that if they were in the same seat, they probably would have shaken the Indian captain's hand if it was offered—if Shubman Gill went up to the English batsmen and they were in the same position, they would have walked off.
That's what Test cricket's about. It's played hard, it's played fair, but there's also a code and a sort of ethos that the game is played with equal respect for each other,” Trott added.
After the game, Stokes told the BBC that he wanted to finish the game before his bowlers were already worn out because of the short turnaround before Thursday's start of the series final at the Oval.
"We were willing to take it as far as we possibly could and throw everything at them that we did, but it got to that point where there was obviously only one result left on the table. I wasn't going to be risking any of my frontline bowlers in a situation like that, especially when we've got a quick turnaround,” Stokes said.
The fifth and final test between England and India will be played at the Oval from July 31 onwards.