Gabba Test: Ajinkya Rahane hilariously opts against DRS despite Rishabh Pant’s desperate attempt

Dixit Bhargav | 15/01/2021
Gabba Test: Ajinkya Rahane hilariously opts against DRS despite Rishabh Pant's desperate attempt

Ajinkya Rahane hilariously opts against DRS: The Indian captain was involved in an amusing incident with his deputy and wicket-keeper.

During the first day of the fourth Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia in Brisbane, India captain Ajinkya Rahane and wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant were involved in an amusing incident in the third session.

It all happened on the third delivery of the 84th over when Australia captain Tim Paine played and missed a T. Natarajan delivery outside the off-stump.

Pant, who gave the impression of hearing a sound as the ball passed the bat, was seen pleading desperately to convince Rahane regarding opting for a DRS.

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Rahane, who was fielding at gully, didn’t much heed to Pant’s futile attempts which resulted in Rahane, his vice-captain Rohit Sharma (second slip) and batsman Cheteshwar Pujara (first slip) having a laugh around the wicket-keeper.

After reserve batsman Prithvi Shaw threw a ball into Sharma in the second session, it was the second time today that the Indian vice-captain was involved in a hilarious on-field incident.

It was Paine who had won the toss and elected to bat in the morning. On the back of batsman Marnus Labuschagne scoring 108 (204) with the help of nine fours, Australia scored 274/5 in 87 overs at Stumps on Day 1. With bowling figures of 20-2-63-2, debutant India fast bowler T. Natarajan was the pick of their bowlers.

Ajinkya Rahane hilariously opts against DRS despite Rishabh Pant’s desperate attempt

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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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