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Veiled swipe at Gautam Gambhir? “On Yashasvi Jaiswal Run-Out, Australia Star’s ‘Coach Killer’ Remark”

Veiled swipe at Gautam Gambhir? “On Yashasvi Jaiswal Run-Out, Australia Star’s ‘Coach Killer’ Remark”

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli had a terrible mix-up which led to the latter being eliminated.© AFP




Indian cricket team stars Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli had a terrible mix-up on the second day of the ongoing 4th Test against Australia, which led to the former’s unfortunate exit. Jaiswal, batting on 82, tried to steal a quick single from Scott Boland but Kohli failed to respond in time, stranding the youngster and ending a dangerous 102-run stand. Jaiswal was visibly frustrated by the incident, while Kohli’s concentration was affected as he once again delivered a throw outside the off-stump straight to wicketkeeper Alex Carey.

Jaiswal steered the ball towards mid-wicket and was more than halfway away from his brass knuckles when he realized that Kohli had rejected the single. Australia captain Pat Cummins threw the ball towards Carey, who did the rest.

Fans and pundits were divided over the incident as it triggered a middle-order collapse in India. While some accused Kohli of not responding to his partner’s call, others felt that Jaiswal should not have pushed for the risky single in this situation.

However, Australian spinner Nathan Lyon described the mix-up as a “barbecue”.

“It was probably some of the best barbecue I’ve ever seen. It came out of the blue. They made it pretty easy out there. I know pressure does funny things and we were able to build a bit of pressure – that’s what it felt like, silly breakaways are coach killers, aren’t they?” Lyon told ABC Sport.

In the next over, Kohli also went backwards after fending off a throw from outside off. Before the mix-up with Jaiswal, he had left almost every second delivery in this region.

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, buoyed by Steve Smith’s stylish 140.

(With AFP inputs)

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