WATCH: Pant sledges Paine with impolite remark

Dixit Bhargav | 29/12/2018
Pant sledges Paine

Pant sledges Paine: The Indian wicket-keeper batsman was heard on the stump mic passing impolite remarks to the Australian captain. 

During the fourth day of the third Test of the ongoing India’s tour of Australia at Melbourne, India wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was seen taking a revenge of what Australia captain Tim Paine did to him yesterday.

In yesterday’s last hour, Paine was heard as asking Pant if he fancies playing for Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League or babysit his kids. With a role-reversal happening today, Pant didn’t hesitate from returning the favour in style.

It is worth mentioning that Pant has been constantly in the ears of the Australian batsmen. From Usman Khawaja to Pat Cummins, Pant has had a few things to say to the Australian batsmen in this series.

“We’ve got a special guest here in today, Mayank [Agarwal]. Have you heard the word ‘temporary captain’ ever (twice)? You don’t need to get him out boy. Come one boys. That’s the only thing he can do boy. Only talking talking,” Pant was heard as saying on the stump mic.

Just like Pant didn’t respond to any of Paine’s comments yesterday, Paine didn’t bother giving a reply to the Indian cricketer. Watch the full video below:

 

Chasing a target of 399 runs to win the match, Australia have lost half their side with less than 150 runs on the board. In Travis Head and Paine, they have the last recognized pair batting in the middle.

It would require a gargantuan effort from the pair or the following Australia’s lower-order to save the match or even take it to the fifth day.

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on Pant 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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