The Indian skipper Virat Kohli was very intense when his of spinner Jadeja went through the defenses of Warner on the evening of day four in Ranchi. Kohli was showing his injured shoulder to the Australian dressing room and there was severe intensity on his face.
This one reaction shows how things are going in between Australia and India apart from cricket. There is some serious fight going on and there is no ethical barrier here folks. Expect anything from these two sides. There is drama and action waiting more tomorrow.
In what’s been Australia’s most enthralling Test series since the 2005 Ashes, the cricket and ever-growing animosity between India and the Aussies continues to captivate as the third match in Ranchi draws to a close.
The first Test in Pune was all about the horror pitch produced to spin the visitors out of the match. Game two in Bangalore was dominated by the fallout of Steve Smith’s DRS “brain fade” and now the third Test is giving us another golden storyline.
Virat Kohli was already treading a fine line between being a passionate captain or just a poor sport with his animated send-offs and constant verbal stoushes with the Australians. And he’s at it again in Ranchi.
Kohli’s awful run with the bat has seen him record scores of 0, 13, 12, 15 and six so far this series. But rather than keep his head down and focus on scoring runs, the Indian skipper has had no problem being front and centre of all the action.
That was evident once again in the dying stages of day four in Ranchi when Ravindra Jadeja hit the rough outside David Warner’s off stump to rip the ball between bat and pad and bowl the Aussie opener.
A manic Kohli faced Warner as he walked off the field, tapping his shoulder and holding it in mock pain.
It was a reference to the injury he suffered after lunch on day one that kept him off the field for the remainder of Australia’s first innings. The taunt was in response to Glenn Maxwell’s cheeky gibe at the 28-year-old when he smiled and feigned a shoulder problem after an acrobatic save near the boundary rope on the exact same part of the field where Kohli did his damage.
This one reaction shows how things are going in between Australia and India apart from cricket. There is some serious fight going on and there is no ethical barrier here folks. Expect anything from these two sides. There is drama and action waiting more tomorrow.
In what’s been Australia’s most enthralling Test series since the 2005 Ashes, the cricket and ever-growing animosity between India and the Aussies continues to captivate as the third match in Ranchi draws to a close.
The first Test in Pune was all about the horror pitch produced to spin the visitors out of the match. Game two in Bangalore was dominated by the fallout of Steve Smith’s DRS “brain fade” and now the third Test is giving us another golden storyline.
Virat Kohli was already treading a fine line between being a passionate captain or just a poor sport with his animated send-offs and constant verbal stoushes with the Australians. And he’s at it again in Ranchi.
Kohli’s awful run with the bat has seen him record scores of 0, 13, 12, 15 and six so far this series. But rather than keep his head down and focus on scoring runs, the Indian skipper has had no problem being front and centre of all the action.
That was evident once again in the dying stages of day four in Ranchi when Ravindra Jadeja hit the rough outside David Warner’s off stump to rip the ball between bat and pad and bowl the Aussie opener.
A manic Kohli faced Warner as he walked off the field, tapping his shoulder and holding it in mock pain.
It was a reference to the injury he suffered after lunch on day one that kept him off the field for the remainder of Australia’s first innings. The taunt was in response to Glenn Maxwell’s cheeky gibe at the 28-year-old when he smiled and feigned a shoulder problem after an acrobatic save near the boundary rope on the exact same part of the field where Kohli did his damage.
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