India vs Australia: R Ashwin and his teammates posed with the MCG honors board in the background.© R Ashwin / Instagram
Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma gleefully joked at the expense of their India teammate Cheteshwar Pujara after India won the second Test against Australia in Melbourne to tie the four-match series 1-1. Ashwin posted a photo on social media where he is seen with Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane and Jasprit Bumrah with the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) board of honor in the background. Rohit, who will join the team in Melbourne after completing his quarantine in Sydney, posted a cheeky comment: “You will push too stiff.” Pujara is seen standing while the others pose more casually. To this, Ashwin replied, “The national anthem was playing in his head !!”
The joke followed what could be termed one of the best test victories for India in Australia, as it happened after a humiliating defeat in Adelaide.
Rahane scored a hundred, Jadeja had fifty and Ashwin collected a total of five wickets in the match as India beat Australia by eight wickets.
Ashwin maintained his grip on the opposition’s top hitter and former captain Steve Smith, firing the hitter for the second time in this series in the opening innings of the Test.
Smith admitted after the game that he had let Ashwin “dictate terms” to him in their duels, something “no other spinner has done before.”
As for Rohit, the right-handed hitter would have completed his quarantine and is ready to join the team in Melbourne.
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According to a BCCI statement shared ahead of Rohit’s departure for Australia, medical staff and team management will assess the vice captain with limited limits after he completes his mandatory quarantine.
The third test is scheduled to be played in Sydney and begins on January 7.
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