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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 Take a look at in opposition to 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 sphere on Sunday. Kohli, a person who wears his coronary heart on his sleeve, is understood for his quirky interactions with followers on the bottom. The case was no completely 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 had been famously banned by Cricket Australia over their involvement within the ‘sandpaper scandal’ in 2018. After the top of pay on Day 2 of the Sydney Take a look at, just a few followers accused the Indian group of doing one thing comparable after the movies of a chunk 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 grew to become 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 is 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 with regards to such acts.
As for the match, India had 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 sphere 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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