There have been a number of occasions when the Indian players and English players engaged in fights during the current Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The third Test at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London witnessed a number of occasions of verbal combat among the two teams. Shubman Gill gave Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett a piece of their mind as the two England batsmen were attempting to squeeze time out of the Test match at the dying moments of Day 3. Mohammed Siraj also engaged in a heated exchange with the opening batsmen, and he was later slapped with a fine. On Day 5, Jofra Archer sent Rishabh Pant in a fiery manner, while Brydon Carse and Ravindra Jadeja argued with each other after running into each other by accident. At the pre-match media conference prior to the fourth Test, being played at Old Trafford, Manchester, from Wednesday, July 23, Ben Stokes had declared that things tend to get hot and heavy in the midst of such a long series. He went on to add that both the teams are under incredible pressure, and at times that affects their on-field behavior. Here is what Stokes said: "I don't think it's one of those things where we're going to necessarily just go out and start at it. I don't think either teams, you know, really look to do that. I think there's just always going to be a moment in a Test series where something does heat up, it's a massive series," "There's a lot of pressure on both teams to go out and perform. So, look the environment when you're out there. Obviously, there's gonna be some moments and some heat showing. Obviously, that night when Zak and Ben had to go out just sort of started it off and we had the advantage of bowling last in a Test match to win. So we just threw everything that we possibly could at India, not only with our skills but also with their energy in the field as well," the England skipper added. Stokes was reminded of Harry Brook's observation about coach Brendon McCullum mentioning that England were being too nice. The talismanic all-rounder told it was a pleasant moment for the team as they clicked, but repeated that his team is not going to begin sledging India because it may divert their attention from the game. But he did say the Three Lions are going to dish it out if India stir the hornet's nest. "It was a real nice moment I think as a team that, when you speak about something like that, and then everyone buys into that. As I said, it's not something that we're gonna purposely go out and look to start again because then that'll take our focus off what we need to do out in the middle. But by no means that, we're not going to take a backward step and let the opposition try and be confrontational towards us and not try and give a bit back. I think that goes for most teams, to be honest anyway, so it's not like we're the only team who does that," said Stokes.