The third test between India and Australia of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar trophy is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Days after alleged racial abuse from the Aussies crowd, another unwanted controversy took place.
India, which has a 407-run target lost early wickets making the target chasing tough. But Rishabh Pant gave hopes of reaching the target by shifting gears, despite taking some time to settle in the crease.
After scoring 50 runs in just 64 deliveries, the wicker keeper-batsman upped his game and took on the Aussies bowlers and lost the century by a mere three runs by losing his wicket when he was on 97.
A video of former Australian skipper Steve Smith scuffling the batting guards of Rishab Pant went viral on social media, which made the cricketing fans furious with Smith's behavior.
With Steve Smith scuffling his batting guards during the drinks break, the Indian batsman again had to take batting guards.
The visuals of Steve Smith doing left-handed shadow batting on the batting crease was recorded by the stump cam. These visuals took social media like a storm.
The behavior of Steve Smith kept the cricket fans wonder why he did so when he was banned for a brief period from cricket for a ball-tampering scandal against South Africa in 2018.
Several Indian cricket fans tagged former Indian player Virender Sehwag in the tweets and asked whether Steve Smith's actions come under match-fixing or not.
Sehwag lauded the efforts of the Indian team in the test and said Australia tried all the tricks including Steve Smith trying to remove Pant's batting guard.
'Tried all tricks including Steve Smith trying to remove Pant's batting guard marks from the crease. Par kuch kaam na aaya. Khaaya peeya kuch nahi, glass toda barana. But I am so so proud of the effort of the Indian team today. Seena chonda ho gaya yaar,' Sehwag's post read.
India, which has a 407-run target lost early wickets making the target chasing tough. But Rishabh Pant gave hopes of reaching the target by shifting gears, despite taking some time to settle in the crease.
After scoring 50 runs in just 64 deliveries, the wicker keeper-batsman upped his game and took on the Aussies bowlers and lost the century by a mere three runs by losing his wicket when he was on 97.
A video of former Australian skipper Steve Smith scuffling the batting guards of Rishab Pant went viral on social media, which made the cricketing fans furious with Smith's behavior.
With Steve Smith scuffling his batting guards during the drinks break, the Indian batsman again had to take batting guards.
The visuals of Steve Smith doing left-handed shadow batting on the batting crease was recorded by the stump cam. These visuals took social media like a storm.
The behavior of Steve Smith kept the cricket fans wonder why he did so when he was banned for a brief period from cricket for a ball-tampering scandal against South Africa in 2018.
Several Indian cricket fans tagged former Indian player Virender Sehwag in the tweets and asked whether Steve Smith's actions come under match-fixing or not.
Sehwag lauded the efforts of the Indian team in the test and said Australia tried all the tricks including Steve Smith trying to remove Pant's batting guard.
'Tried all tricks including Steve Smith trying to remove Pant's batting guard marks from the crease. Par kuch kaam na aaya. Khaaya peeya kuch nahi, glass toda barana. But I am so so proud of the effort of the Indian team today. Seena chonda ho gaya yaar,' Sehwag's post read.