During the last session of Day 5 of the opening Test match between India and England at Headingley, Leeds, tensions were high. Mohammed Siraj, India's pacer, was annoyed that Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley took their time and failed to prepare on schedule. India and Siraj were eager to gain another advantage and allow the England openers to take the brunt of Jasprit Bumrah's attack. Yet, Duckett and Crawley made sure that India did not gain another over, and the hosts entered the lunch break with all ten wickets still standing.

As Crawley motioned toward the sight screen, he pulled away at the very last minute before the 30th over's last delivery. The Indian speedster rushed back to his mark once more.

The umpires signaled time, directing the players to go to their respective changing rooms for the lunch break, after Crawley successfully defended the ball. The course of events did not please Siraj at all, and he had some things to say to both Duckett and Crawley.

KL Rahul was also seen chatting with both of the English openers as the players headed to the locker room. The conversation appeared pleasant, though, since everyone was smiling.

Siraj has become irritated during the Headingley Test on several occasions. After the English middle-order batsman sent him on a leather hunt in the first innings, he had a little chat with Harry Brook.

As England increased their dominance over the match, the Indian onslaught of Jasprit Bumrah, Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur, and Ravindra Jadeja was unable to capture a single wicket in the opening session of Day 5.

50 is scored by Ben Duckett

Following his 50+ score in the first innings, Ben Duckett hit his second fifty of the match in the first session on Day 5.

The Indian bowlers were kept at bay by both Crawley and Duckett, who maintained a fast run-scoring pace by combining caution with aggression. In addition to sending out loose balls for deliveries, the pair kept switching the strike.

The visitors appeared agitated during the opening session, asking for a ball change six or seven times. When the on-field umpires Chris Gaffaney and Paul Reiffel determined that the ball failed the ring test in the 27th over, they finally granted their request for a change.

At lunchtime on day 5, England had a score of 117/0. With all ten wickets remaining, the hosts are still 254 runs away from a well-known victory.

Earlier, India gave England a target of 371, following hundreds of years by KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant on the fourth day.

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