Ex-Check participant’s salty tears make win even sweeter

It’s honest to say that India’s cricket group has been struggling to take care of Australia’s beautiful win in Melbourne.

When you thought Sunil Gavaskar had the saltiest tears of them when he moaned about the opportunity of an optical phantasm being accountable for Yashasvi Jaiswal’s caught behind dismissal, suppose once more.

Former Indian cricketer turned main politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was up in arms about one thing much more ludicrous – Travis Head’s celebration after dismissing Rishabh Pant.

Pant holed out to Mitch Marsh on the midwicket boundary in a dismissal that began a dramatic slide to defeat for the vacationers.

Head pulled out an odd celebration, later defined by skipper Pat Cummins.

“It’s his fingers so sizzling, he’s bought to place it in a cup of ice. Yeah that’s what it’s. In order that’s usually the working joke,” mentioned Cummins.

“It was on the Gabba or someplace he bought a wicket as nicely. And simply goes straight to the fridge, grabs a bucket of ice, places his finger in and simply walks in entrance of Lyno (Nathan Lyon). Similar to that. Suppose it’s very humorous. In order that’s what it will have been, nothing else.”

However Sidhu was fuming over the celebration – with out clearing up what he thought it truly meant.

“Travis Head’s obnoxious behaviour in the course of the course of the Melbourne take a look at doesn’t auger nicely for for the gentleman’s sport,” Sidhu, who performed 51 Checks and scored 27 top notch centuries in an 18-year profession ending in 1999, wrote on X.

“[It] units the worst potential instance when there are children, ladies , younger & outdated watching the sport. This caustic conduct didn’t insult a person however a nation of 1.5 billion Indians. Stringent punishment that may serve a deterrent for the long run generations must be slapped on him in order that nobody dares observe go well with!’

The previous Indian Cupboard Minister has multiple million followers on X.

Whereas loads of Aussies replied to level out Cummins’ rationalization, upset India followers agreed with the previous participant, with one saying Head ought to be banned from the IPL.

Australia’s stirring win has made one factor crystal clear – regardless of how a lot we deride England for his or her ‘ethical victory’ nonsense – India are the worst losers in world cricket by a rustic mile.

Sidhu’s weird claims come as India questioned the Jaiswal dismissal even whereas captain Rohit Sharma admitted the younger opener hit the ball.

And a sob fest wouldn’t be full with out the BCCI chipping in.

Gavaskar additionally slammed the choice on Seven. The previous Indian skipper believed the third umpire, Sharfuddoula from Bangladesh, had made a mistake by overturning the on-field resolution.

“If the proof of the expertise is to not be taken, why have it in any respect? That’s one thing that may positively be the question so far as the Indians are involved,” he mentioned.

“Sure it seemed prefer it might need gone off the glove however there might be an optical phantasm.

“Usually we see when the ball is model new, that the ball goes close to the bat’s edge after which strikes away, and that’s as a result of, , the optical phantasm from these watching right here is that it has taken a nick.”

In the meantime India followers piled into the Australians for dishonest regardless of the plain flaw of their argument.