Rohit Sharma did his best as India captain to talk to the host broadcasters during the lunch break on Day 2 of the ongoing fifth Test against Australia in Sydney. Rohit missed the fifth and final test of the five-match series and passed over the captaincy to star pacer Jasprit Bumrah. On the cusp of stumps on Day 1, Bumrah got involved in a furious argument with Australia opener Sam Konstas and that incident grabbed everyone’s attention.
Bumrah, who was very famous for his calm and concerted nature, completely lost his wits when the Australian teenager commented about him from the non-striker end. The wicket of Usman Khawaja off the last ball of day opened up rich prospects for the Indian unity at its best as Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and others joined in celebrating with Bumrah.
Now, even Rohit said his straightforward take on the episode, backing his players stating that it was the Australian superstar who poked Bumrah first. “Humare ladke jab tak shaant hain tab tak shaant hain. Agar aap ungli kar rahe ho, tab thodi na koi shaant baithega. Cricket khelo, yeh faaltu ki cheezein, yeh bol bachchan karna shobha nhi deta hai. (Our boys are silent only till a particular time.
If you are going to poke them, then they will retaliate. We all are here to play cricket. Please don’t do such nonsense.) “Humare ladke classy hain. Hum zyada iss baat pe focus karte hain ki humara kaam kya hai. Humare liye uss time zaroori tha ki ek-do wickets lene taaki jab morning session shuru ho tab Australia pe pressure bana rahe.
(Our boys are very classy. We only focus on the given task and nothing else. It was important for us to scalp one or two wickets at that moment, in order to keep the pressure on Australia.)
The incident in question happened during the next to last delivery of the day when Khawaja took a few fleeting moments at the striker’s end and made Bumrah lose his momentum. The non-striker then impacted the incident by uttering a few words to Bumrah to riling the pacer.
Khawaja was caught in slips by the next delivery from Bumrah due to a fine effort from KL Rahul.
