WATCH: Starc pulls down Lyon’s shorts during an interview

Dixit Bhargav | 16/12/2018
Starc pulls down Lyon's shorts

Starc pulls down Lyon’s shorts: The Australian spearhead was seen enjoying a funny moment with Australia’s premier off-spinner.

Before the start of the riveting third day’s play of the second Test between Australia and India at Perth, Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc was seen enjoying a funny moment with fellow off-spinner Nathan Lyon.

During the pre-match show, Lyon was giving an interview to Fox Sports. While he was in conversation, Starc ran in from behind to remove his shorts. Starc’s act didn’t bother much to Lyon for he immediately put on his shorts and continued with the interview.

The video of the same was uploaded by Fox Sports on their official Twitter account. “Nathan Lyon handles it [Starc’s deed] like a champ,” read the caption alongside the video and rightly so.

Talking about the match, India were bowled out on 283 in 105.5 overs. India captain Virat Kohli, who came in to bat at No. 4, top-scored for his team, scoring 123 (257) with the help of 13 fours and a six. With bowling figures of 34.5-7-67-5, Lyon was the pick of the Australian bowlers.

The real drama happened in Australia’s second innings as the Indian bowlers put on display a dominating performance. While the wickets column not doing justice to their efforts, the Indian pacers made sure that they keep the opposition batsmen on their toes.

At stumps, Australia had scored 132-4 in 48 overs. In the absence of the injured Aaron Finch, Australia would be hoping for the two unbeaten batsman in Usman Khawaja (41) and Tim Paine (8) to put their team in a secure position. For India, Mohammad Shami (10-3-23-2) was the pick of the bowlers.

Watch the full video of Starc removing Lyon’s shorts:

 

Read some of the latest Twitter reactions on the same 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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