With Indian batsmen fighting difficult to save the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) with wonderful grit and determination, a video of Australia’s Steve Smith scuffing Rishabh Pant’s batting guards through the drinks break in the second session became a massive speaking point all more than social media, top to fans questioning his intentions. Pant, who was promoted up the order immediately after India lost skipper Ajinkya Rahane early in the initially session, created Australian bowlers toil in the field, with one particular of the ideal counter-attacking knocks in current instances.
The incident occurred in the middle session when players have been getting the drinks break. The incident recorded in the stump cam showed Australia’s Steve Smith walking up to the batting crease and performing left-handed shadow batting.
However, what occurred afterwards got a lot of people today speaking on social media as Smith was apparently noticed rubbing his footwear more than the batting guards marked by India’s wicket-keeper batsman.
Here’s the video of the incident as caught on stump cam:
Australia’s Steve Smith shadow-batted as he came to the crease immediately after the drinks break, and proceeded to get rid of Rishabh Pant’s guard marks.
#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/YrXrh3UlKl
— Manoj Singh Negi (@Manoj__negi) January 11, 2021
Pant and Cheteshwar Pujara stitched a strong 148-run stand for the fourth wicket to give Australia a result in of be concerned. Pant, immediately after a cautious start off, took Australia bowlers, specifically Nathan Lyon to the cleaners with his attacking stroke play.
Here’s how some fans reacted:
Brainfade in India,
Sandpaper in South Africa,
Scuffing pitch in Australia,What a player Steve Smith is. Performs everywhere. #AUSvIND
— Manish (@iHitman55) January 11, 2021
@virendersehwag is not this cheating? Steve Smith removing them guard marks of Pant in drinks break? What else was he performing to the pitch? pic.twitter.com/hUw6d5KavN
— iMBirju (@imBirju) January 11, 2021
Australia’s Steve Smith shadow-batted as he came to the crease immediately after the drinks break, and proceeded to get rid of Rishabh Pant’s guard marks.
#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/YrXrh3UlKl
— Manoj Singh Negi (@Manoj__negi) January 11, 2021
After drinks break Steve Smith comes to shadow bat and scuffs out pant’s guard marks.#RishabhPant then returns and has to take guard once more. pic.twitter.com/OQ9elpuaAo
— (@Ro_Subh45) January 11, 2021
Lyon lastly got the far better of his man as he got rid of Pant in the 80th more than just 3-quick of his century. After Pant’s departure, Pujara also got out in fairly swift succession immediately after scoring 77 runs off 205 balls.
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