India dominated the morning session of the third day’s play in the fifth Test against England at The Oval, reaching 189/3 at lunch, fueled by night watchman Akash Deep's explosive 66 and Yashasvi Jaiswal's unbeaten 85.

When the players were walking off for lunch, Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope were seen in a heated exchange with Jaiswal. The southpaw, seen limping in the final over and possibly trying to waste time, seemingly left the English camp frustrated with his act.

Crawley was particularly animated, a pattern of needle continuing from the third Test at Lord’s, where he and Shubman Gill had also exchange words over time-wasting tactics adopted by the England opener.

Australian legend Ricky Ponting was also unimpressed with Yashasvi Jaiswal’s time-wasting strategy towards the end of the opening session on Day 3.

Gill smashed a boundary and then sprinted for a double. Shortly after running a couple of runs, Jaiswal began to hobble at the non-striker’s end, pointing at his hamstring. This slight delay ran down the clock, ensuring it was the final over before lunch.

Ponting, who was on-air at the time, mince no words as he slammed Jaiswal’s antics, citing the incident at Lord’s as a reference.

“I didn’t like what I saw there with wasting time in that last over. Especially at the back of what happened at Lord’s when India complained about what the English batters did," Ponting was quoted as saying on Sky Sports.

Former England pacer Stuart Broad, however, had a contrasting opinion. “All the drama that has enthralled us all series, the little dramas that make you smile," Broad said.

Yashasvi Jaiswal went on to complete his sixth Test century in the post-lunch session. Even though the visitors lost Shubman Gill (11) and Karun Nair (17) cheaply, Jaiswal’s ton (118) and Akash’s half-century put them in the driver’s seat of the series-deciding fifth Test.