‘It was my decision’: How the Virat Kohli mix-up cost Yashasvi Jaiswal his wicket. Regard

Indian batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli were involved in a horrific mix-up on the second day of the fourth Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday. The pair added 102 runs for the third wicket before the incident led to Jaiswal’s dismissal. It all started with the last ball of the 41st over, bowled by Scott Boland. Jaiswal stopped a throw at mid-off and immediately called for a signal. However, Kohli was unaware of the fielder’s position and was late in responding to the call.

Jaiswal was almost at the striker’s end when Kohli looked back and replied. It was a moment of complete misunderstanding as Jaiswal was stranded in no man’s land. Pat Cummins threw the ball towards the striker and Alex Carey did the rest.

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At the end of the second day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the visitors were 164-5, still 310 runs behind, after Australia were bowled out for 474 shortly after lunch by Steve Smith’s stylish 140 runs.

Rishabh Pant was on six not out and Ravindra Jadeja on four, with three wickets in the last half hour breaking India’s momentum after they were 153-2.

Scott Boland and Pat Cummins grabbed two wickets each.

Skipper Rohit Sharma returned to his usual role as an opener after falling to six in the last two Tests.

But it didn’t do much to improve his poor recent form and he was out for three, spooning an attempted pull shot from Pat Cummins to Boland at mid-on for an easy catch.

Cummins pounced again to remove the in-form KL Rahul with the last ball before tea, bowling him for 24.

But opener Yashasvi Jaiswal held firm with a quality innings, playing well off the front foot and smashing a number of stylish boundaries in his 82.

The 22-year-old, who scored 161 in the first Test in Perth, seemed destined for another century but threw away his wicket in a comical mixup with Virat Kohli.

Jaiswal set out for a quick single against Boland but his teammate said no, leaving the youngster stranded and ending a dangerous 102-run stand.

Kohli, who was fined 20 percent of his match fee for a shoulder injury on the first day against Australian debutant Sam Konstas, was caught by Alex Carey with 36 points ahead of Boland, who then dismissed nightwatchman Akash Deep without scoring .

(With AFP inputs)