WATCH: Pant sledges Lyon at MCG

Dixit Bhargav | 29/12/2018
Pant sledges Lyon

Pant sledges Lyon: Towards the end of Day 4, the Indian wicket-keeper was heard passing remarks at the Australia off-spinner.

During the fourth day of the third Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Melbourne, India wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant was heard on the stump mic as passing remarks to Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon.

In what has been the story of this series, both the wicket-keepers in Pant and Australia captain Tim Paine haven’t let any opportunity to sledge the opposition batsmen go away. The fact that all of this banter has been carried out in a healthy manner speaks highly about the spirit in which the three matches have been played so far.

It all happened in the 80th over of the Australian innings when India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was bowling to Lyon. “C’mon Gary, you don’t want to come tomorrow [Day 5] for nothing,” Pant was caught by the stump mic as saying to Lyon.

Of all the times wicket-keeper have passed a comment regarding a batsman, the latter hasn’t replied back. However, it was a different case with Lyon who didn’t having a casual conversation with Pant.

Looking back towards Pant in the same over, Lyon was quoted, “I can’t understand you.”

Perhaps, wanting to end the banter on a pleasing note, Lyon added, “I like you too Rishabh.”

It was at this point in time that India captain Virat Kohli contributed with a cheeky comment on Lyon. “Dil pe baat lag gayi lagta hai (your words have hurt him),” Kohli was heard saying to the Indian wicket-keeper.

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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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