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Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon engaged in a hilarious chat with Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant during the first Test. The highly-anticipated Border Gavaskar Trophy kicked off on Friday, November 22, at the Optus Stadium in Perth. The game saw Jasprit Bumrah shouldering the responsibility of captaincy in the absence of skipper Rohit Sharma. Bumrah won the toss and let his side put the score on the board first.
India lost their wickets quickly, and it was not too late when Rishabh Pant, India’s wicketkeeper batter, came to bat at number five. While batting, he and Lyon were engaged in a funny banter regarding the forthcoming IPL auction and their conversation on the stump mic went quickly viral. In videos doing rounds on social media, Lyon could be seen walking up to Pant and asking him, 'Where are we going in the auction?' The Indian batter shared a laugh and replied, “No idea”.
Rishabh Pant dismissed for 37 off 78 as India struggle at 128/7
Rishabh Pant, who looked comfortable when India were struggling, was dismissed for 37 off 78 deliveries. India got off to a poor start in the game as Yashasvi Jaiswal, the rising batting star was forced to walk back for an eight-ball duck off a Mitchell Starc’s delivery on the first ball of the third over. Later, on the last ball of the 11th over, Josh Hazlewood’s delivery put an end to Devdutt Padikkal’s run-less stay on the crease after 23 balls.
Virat Kohli soon joined the team back in the pavilion after getting dismissed for five off 12 deliveries. KL Rahul was dismissed on 26 runs. India’s struggle with bat on the bouncy Perth pitch was quite visible and the side were batting at 144 with the loss of 9 wickets in 49 overs as of writing.
