‘Who is your favourite player’: Marnus Labuschagne and Shubman Gill involve in on-field banter in Sydney Test

Dixit Bhargav | 08/01/2021
'Who is your favourite player': Marnus Labuschagne and Shubman Gill involve in on-field banter in Sydney Test

Marnus Labuschagne and Shubman Gill: The two cricketers were caught exchanging words on the stump mic at the SCG.

During the second day of the third Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia in Sydney, Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne and his Indian counterpart Shubman Gill were involved in an on-field banter.

It all happened in the third over of the Indian innings right after Gill defended a Mitchell Starc delivery. Getting ready to face the next delivery, Gill was asked a question by Labuschagne, who was fielding at short leg.

“Who is your favourite player,” Labuschagne asked Gill. With the Indian batsman laying emphasis on answering after the match, Labuschagne subsequently asked him if it is one out of Sachin Tendulkar or Virat Kohli.

It is worth mentioning that there was nothing objectionable during the banter between the two young players.

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Facing a nine-over spell before the tea break, Gill and Rohit Sharma looked confident against the likes of Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins.

Resuming from their overnight score of 166/2, Australia would be a tad disappointment after getting bundled out for 338 in 105.4 overs. Having said that, a huge sense of relief for them came in the form of batsman Steven Smith’s 27th Test century.

Top-scoring for the hosts, Smith contributed with 131 (226) in addition to Labuschagne scoring a good-looking 91 (196). With bowling figures of 18-3-62-4, India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of their bowlers.

Marnus Labuschagne and Shubman Gill involve in on-field banter in Sydney Test

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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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