Australian Batsman Steve Smith finds himself in hot waterslinkaftera video emerges of him scuffing Rishabh Pant’s batting guard on the pitchon day-5 of the Sydney test match.
A video that went viral on social media also raged viewers, showing SteveSmith scuffing up the Rishabh Pant’s batting guard marks on purpose duringthe drinks break in the first session.
Smith’s face isn’t visible in the video but fans recognized him by hisjersey no. 49. Rishabh Pant, who came on strike after the break, had tomark out his guard all over again.
Even the Australian fans are slamming the national team on social media fortheir negative tactics against India.
Cheteshwar Pujara score 6000 Test runs
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Meanwhile, during the match, the Indian Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara becamethe 11th Indian to breach the 6,000-run mark in Test cricket.
Pujara reached the milestone just before reaching his 27th Test fifty. Healso became the sixth-fastest Indian after Sunil Gavaskar (117 innings),Virat Kohli (119), Sachin Tendulkar (120), Virender Sehwag (123) and RahulDravid (125) to join the elite club in 134 innings. The five other Indianbatsmen, who have 6000-plus runs in Test cricket are VVS Laxman, SouravGanguly, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, and Gundappa Viswanath.
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