WATCH: Tim Paine sledges Rohit Sharma at MCG

Dixit Bhargav | 27/12/2018
Paine sledges Rohit Sharma

Paine sledges Rohit Sharma: The Australian captain and wicket-keeper was heard passing cheeky comments to the Indian batsman.

During the second day of the third Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Melbourne, Australia captain and wicket-keeper Tim Paine was heard on the stump mic passing cheeky comments to India middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma.

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It all happened a few overs before the tea break when Paine was having a chat with the short-leg fielder with Sharma getting ready to face a delivery from Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon.

“Bit of a toss-up between Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai [Indians]. If Rohit hits a six here, I’m going Mumbai,” Paine was quoted as saying on the stump mic.

It is not the first time that the stump mic has caught wicket-keepers chirping in this series. From India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant commenting on Usman Khawaja and Pat Cummins to Paine asking Murali Vijay if he likes Virat Kohli as a bloke, the stump mics have captured some really interesting banters between the players.

Watch the full video below:

 

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In which came as an apt reply from Mumbai Indians, the franchise Sharma captains in the Indian Premier League, they posted a GIF of Sharma meditating for it was composure which he required the most in the midst of such a banter. Watch Indians’ tweet below:

 

With vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and Sharma batting in the middle, India would be hoping for both of them to put the team in a solid position. A formidable first innings total has it in it to change the game for India.

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on the same below:

 

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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