However others, including the former captain Michael Clarke, have expressed concern about the young batsman Peter Handscomb’s role in the exchange and other possible instances of the practice. We have seen Ricky Ponting giving Sourav Ganguly out from slip position and Umpire agreeing with him instantly instead of referring it to the Third Umpire. “I would never do something like that on the cricket field”, he added.
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“He [Kohli] has his opinion and we have ours. I know it to the day and I’m really proud of that achievement”. “Everyone got along together, we showed team spirit”. You have to move on from there.
I heard he said something about me not behaving well with umpires.
Speaking after the match, Kohli alleged that it wasn’t the first time that the Australian team had looked for help from their dressing room for DRS in this match. Smith, Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb battled away without looking like they could take charge in the way Pujara and Rahane had done, or as KL Rahul has done whenever he has batted in the series.
But Smith turned around and looked towards the dressing room for some direction, a patently unacceptable ploy. Tuesday’s drama happened in the 21st over in the Australia second innings when pace bowler Umesh Yadav had trapped Smith in front. “It was a bit of a brain fade on my behalf and I shouldn’t have done that”, Smith said. “I was looking at our boys, so shouldn’t have done that and it was a bit of a brain fade”.
“I have seen it twice while batting”.
The experts, particularly the Indians, took to harsh words against the Australians. The ICC had also clarified the illegality of the practice to worldwide teams in briefings several years ago.
Ravichandran Ashwin was the star for the hosts with the ball, as he snared 6 wickets and engineered an Australian collapse, where they lost their last 6 wickets for 11 runs.
Was that unspeakable word “cheating”? one member of the media asked.
“Gone are the days when we used to be probably the other way, and I was part of that as an Australian side”. It was very hard to score off them. It was a quite emotional game for us, quite draining as well. So for us that’s a challenge.
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But rather than fire back at the inflammatory claims from India’s skipper, Lehmann has shrugged off the slur as he looks to cultivate a less confrontational, more positive public image of the revamped national team. “I would never do something like that on the cricket field”. The TV umpire, Richard Kettleborough, took a long time in making a decision, but after “no conclusive evidence to say he hit it first” went with the Llong. After being adjudged out, Smith went to his partner Handscomb which was a normal thing to do but what happened next brought shame to both the Australian players.
