WATCH: Pant sledges Cummins from behind the stumps

Pant sledges Cummins: The Indian wicket-keeper was both seen and heard hurling words at the Australian fast bowler.

During the fifth day of the first Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Adelaide, India wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant was both seen and heard hurling words at Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins.

It all happened during the 76th over of the Australian innings when India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was bowling to Cummins. The 21-year old cricketer seemed to have made it a point to constantly make his presence feel in the batsman’s ears.

“Let’s see some sixes, Come on Patty!,” Pant was heard as saying to Cummins before the start of the over. With each passing delivery came a new comment from the wicket-keeper.

“Not easy to play here, show some sixes,” he was heard on the stump mic after the second ball. “Come on, it’s not easy. Not easy to survive,” he added. With Ashwin bowling the fourth delivery of the over as short and wide and Cummins letting it go, Pant said, “Not putting away bad balls here.”

It is not the first time that Pant has passed cheeky comments on an opposition batsman. In the first innings of the match, he was heard saying “Everyone is not Pujra here guys” when Australia top-order batsman Usman Khawaja was in the middle.

Watching an Indian wicket-keeper constantly in the ears of the batsman isn’t a regular sight. With Pant doing it time and again, it has it in it to distract the batsmen. However, he should always take into consideration to ‘not cross the line‘.

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