The war of words between India and Australia is one of the important factors and India's man with the gloves, Rishabh Pant has taken this aspect of the game to a next level. The banter between him and Tim Paine started developing during India's last tour in 2018 and it is only developing with each passing day and in the last video that went viral on Twitter, Pant was heard singing “Spiderman Spiderman” behind the stumps while Paine took his guard.
The two sides are facing each other in the fourth and final Test of the series in Brisbane. Australia batted first and scored 369, courtesy a fine hundred from Marnus Labuschagne. For India it was debutants day out as T. Natarajan and Washington Sundar scalped a three-for each while Shardul Thakur also picked up three wickets.
Later, the Australian pace attack pushed India on the backfoot to leave them tottering at 186/6 before Sundar and Thakur steadied the ship for the visitors. The two batsmen compiled a partnership of 143 for the seventh wicket. Both the players notched up individual half-centuries. Josh Halewood bagged a five-wicket haul as India were eventually bowled out for 336.
The series is presently levelled at 1-1.
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