Former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar lauded umpires Nitin Menon and Virender Sharma for intervening during verbal spat between India captain Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes. 

Indian skipper Virat Kohli was involved in a heated exchange of words with English all-rounder Ben Stokes. 

The incident took place at the end of the 13th over when Stokes said a few words to pacer Mohammed Siraj after he finished the over with a bouncer. 

However, Virat Kohli didn't seem happy about the Stokes saying something to Siraj and went up to the all-rounder as he was in a discussion with his teammate Jonny Bairstow.

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The discussion continued for a few moments and seemed heated at one point following which on-field umpires, Nitin Menon and Virender Sharma, intervened and calmed down the situation. 

Addressing the same, former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar said that it was good to see umpires calming down the situation and added that when you play for country emotions can sometimes get better of you. 

"These kinds of things do happen. The heat is on. That's why I got my hat on as well. These kinds of things can sometimes spill over. But it was good to see the umpires coming and making sure it's nipped before it gets ugly. 

It's part of the game, both players are doing their darndest for the country, trying to win the game, and therefore the emotions can sometimes get the better of you,"  Sunil Gavaskar told Starsports.  

(Starsports Inputs)