NEW DELHI: When things don’t go your way, frustration tends to creep in. This is exactly what happened with Rohit Sharma, as the Indian captain was seen losing his cool on Day 3 of the third Test against Australia in Brisbane on Monday.
As Australia frustrated India at the start of play, Rohit appeared visibly unhappy with pacer Akash Deep after he bowled a wayward delivery.
In the 114th over of Australia’s innings, Akash’s delivery landed outside the pitch, prompting Rishabh Pant to make a crucial effort to prevent it from reaching the boundary for four byes.
Rohit, visibly annoyed with Akash, shouted, “Abbe, sar mein kuch hai?”. His remarks, caught on the stump mic, had the commentators in splits.
Talking about the match, India found themselves on the back foot as Australia dismantled the visitors’ top order, reducing them to 51/4 on a rain-interrupted day.
After Australia’s tail added valuable runs to push the total to 445 all out early on Monday, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood delivered a fiery opening spell to put India under pressure at the Gabba.
Starc (2/25) struck early, dismissing Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill in his first two overs to set the tone. Hazlewood (1-17) then claimed the prized wicket of Virat Kohli just before one of several rain interruptions forced an early lunch with India struggling at 22/3.
Skipper Pat Cummins (1/7) joined the attack, removing Rishabh Pant caught behind, further reducing India to 44/4.
