NEW DELHI: In a hilarious flip of occasions, India pacer Mohammed Siraj was on Thursday seen teasing Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne with a bail flip on the opening day of the Boxing Day Take a look at in Melbourne.
The bail flip being completed by the Indians has been a recurring occasion this Border-Gavaskar Trophy sequence and has been used as a tactic to distract the Australian batters.
However on Thursday, Sraj took it to a different degree, teasing Marnus whereas switching the bails through the second session.
The incident passed off after the second ball of the 43rd over when Siraj got here right down to the batter’s finish and switched the bails. Whereas Labuschagne simply walked away as Siraj switched the bails, the pacer teased him saying ‘Marnus, take a look at that!”.
Quickly after Siraj taunt was head on stump mic, it left the commentators in splits.
An over after that, the Siraj juju labored in India’s favour as Jasprit Bumrah broke the irritating Labuschagne-Usman Khawaja 65-run stand, eradicating the previous with a short-pitched supply.
The bail-flip incident additionally hogged the limelight in Gabba, when Siraj switched them and Labuschagne re-switched them after which misplaced his wicket quickly after.
Australia nevertheless took the opening day honours as fifties from their top-four batters took the hosts to a cushty 311 for six.
Whereas Labuschagne (72) ended as the highest scorer for the day, Steve Smith was unbeaten at 68 on the shut of play.
