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The second Test between Australia and India has constantly seen a shift of momentum between the two teams. While India had the upper hand at the end of the second day, the Kangaroos bounced back in style to put themselves on top at the end of Day 3.
India began the day at 172-3 but then lost Rahane right at the beginning. Kohli continued to take on the bowlers and reached his 24th Test century in style. However, he was dismissed after scoring 123. Rishabh Pant played a small cameo but got out before he could reach his half-century and before India could reach the 300 run mark.
Australia then started off well but Finch was forced to retire hurt after a bouncer from Mohammed Shami hit his finger. At the end of the day, Australia ended at 132-4, 175 runs ahead of India.
Let's take a look at what the cricketing world has been talking about today:
#5 Virat Kohli's controversial dismissal
Kohli was the anchor of the innings for India in the first innings of the second Test. He reached his 24th Test century in style but was dismissed at the wrong time by Pat Cummins.
However, his dismissal had everyone talking as it was quite a controversial one.
In the 93rd over, Kohli played a loose shot outside the off-stump, which led to the ball taking the outside edge and flying to Peter Handscomb at second slip, who dove forward to take the catch.
The on-field umpires sent the decision upstairs with the soft-signal as out. Nigel Llong, who was the third-umpire, did not find enough evidence to turn the decision around and hence, Kohli had to walk back.
However, replays suggested that the ball might have touched the ground.
#2 Update on Aaron Finch's injury
Aaron Finch suffered an injury while batting today in the second innings against India. While batting on 25, he was hit on his right index finger by a bouncer from Mohammed Shami. He was hit on the same finger by Mitchell Starc during a net session as well.
While he was cleared off any serious harm to his finger, his participation in the remainder of the Test is in doubt.
"Good news is that I'm pretty sure he's being cleared of any serious damage. We're still not sure if he's going to bat. If he bats he does, if he doesn't we just have to make do with whatever we can get to. But great news for Aaron is that he's being cleared of any serious damage," said Nathan Lyon to the media.
#3 RCB not informed of coach Gary Kirsten's latest move
Gary Kirsten, who was India's world-cup winning coach in 2011 and an extremely successful South African cricketer prior to that, has applied for the role of the head coach of the Indian women's cricket team.
This news came as a shock to the RCB management as he is to coach the IPL side for the upcoming season in 2019. While there is no conflict of interest to coach both sides, the Lodha Committee made it quite clear that he should choose one, if he is to get the role with the women's side.
“Gary has not reached out to us or mentioned anything about applying for any other position. Even if he is appointed women's coach, he will continue to be the RCB coach till the end of this season at least,” an RCB official spokesperson told CricketNext.
#4 Kohli, Paine exchange verbal blows
The second Test between India and Australia is set to go down to the wire, with Australia having the upper hand right now. Kohli, who was involved in a controversial dismissal in the first innings, did not hold back when Australia came out to bat in the second innings, especially when captain Tim Paine was at the crease.
"If he messes it up, it's 2-0,"Kohli said while Paine was batting, to which the Australian captain replied by saying "You've got to bat first, big head".
However, Nathan Lyon did play down the incident saying that it was nothing too big. "I think Tim just asked him where he was going for dinner that's all. I've played enough cricket against Virat to know what he's like, and I'm not worried about what he's doing or what India's doing," said Lyon to the media after the day's play.
#5 Harbhajan slams Symonds as Monkeygate resurfaces
It has been 10 years since the infamous "Monkeygate" scandal took place between Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds. However, the two players were back at it on social media earlier today.
Apparently, Symonds claimed that Harbhajan broke down to him while apologising when the two were together at the Mumbai Indians.
“He goes, ‘look, I’ve got to say sorry to you for what I did to you in Sydney. I apologise, I hope I didn’t cause you, your family, your friends too much harm and I really apologise for what I said, I shouldn’t have said it," said Symonds to Fox Sports.
“And he actually broke down crying, and I could just see that was a huge weight off his shoulders, he had to get rid of it. We shook hands and I gave him a hug and said: ‘Mate, it’s all good. It’s dealt with’.”
However, Harbhajan vehemently refuted the claims. He cleared the air on Twitter by saying that no such thing happened and that Symonds is a good fiction writer.
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