Virat Kohli mocked Australian followers with sandpaper gesture© X (Twitter)
Again as captain within the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli led his troops in fashion as India claimed three fast wickets on Day 3 of the fifth Check towards Australia in Sydney. With Bumrah out injured and Rohit rested for the match, the onus was on Kohli to marshall the Indian gamers on the sector on Sunday. Kohli, a person who wears his coronary heart on his sleeve, is thought for his quirky interactions with followers on the bottom. The case was no totally different in Sydney the place Virat shut down a bit of followers with epic ‘sandpaper’ banter.
Australian cricketers Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft have been famously banned by Cricket Australia over their involvement within the ‘sandpaper scandal’ in 2018. After the tip of pay on Day 2 of the Sydney Check, a couple of followers accused the Indian workforce of doing one thing comparable after the movies of a bit of paper/fabric coming out of a participant’s footwear emerged.
Sandpaper noticed from India #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/ofUGlKOVdZ
— johnno (@r3troville) January 4, 2025
The subject turned the topic of chatter on social media, prompting some followers to even counsel that the participant had sandpaper hidden within the shoe. Kohli seemingly responded to the accusation by mocking the followers in Sydney on Day 3.
“What’s that about?”#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/HwNZXhKW1S
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 5, 2025
The India star, appearing because the captain on the day, gestured that Indians do not match Australians in terms of such acts.
As for the match, India have been bowled out for 157 runs on Day 3, with Scott Boland rising because the choose of the bowlers for Australia, bagging 6 wickets. Pat Cummins claimed three as India give 162-run goal for Australia to chase.
Whereas Jasprit Bumrah did not take the sector within the morning session, Prasidh Krishna claimed three wickets to rattle the hosts. But, by Lunch, Australia had put 71 runs on the board.
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