Steve Smith watching Virat Kohli bat during the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar series (Twitter)
After the 87th over of the Indian innings, with India at 258 for three, Australia’s stand-in captain Smith picked up Kohli’s bat as the Indian batsman sat down to take a breather. In between overs, the Australian batsman walked up to Kohli, picked up the Indian batsman’s willow and tried his stance with the blade in his hands
The final Test of the Border-Gavaskar series is in full flow in Ahmedabad as India scored 480 in Australia’s first innings, slowly but steadily.
After the 87th over of the Indian innings, when India were 258 for 3, there was a light-hearted moment when Australia’s stand-in captain Steve Smith picked up the bat of former India skipper Virat Kohli and The batsman sat down. for a breath.
The Australian batsman walked up to Kohli in the middle of the over, picked up the Indian batsman’s willow and tried his stance with blade in hand.
The commentators were heard saying, ‘Look what Steve Smith is doing. That’s what he loves to do the most.”
“If you ask Steve Smith what is the thing he loves most in the world, he would say it is the cricket bat.”
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India began the day trailing by 444 runs as Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill walked into the middle, hoping to continue where they left off at the end of Day 2’s play.
The opening pair added 38 runs in yesterday’s score of 36 before Rohit gave Australia their first breakthrough when he was dismissed by Matthew Kuhnman.
But, Gill was the star of the day as he batted beautifully to score his second Test ton.
He was well supported at the other end by veteran Test cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara as the pair put on a 113-run partnership before Pujara was dismissed for 42 off 121 balls by Todd Murphy.
Kohli went on to bat next and shared a 58-run partnership with the 23-year-old batsman, who scored his maiden Test century on home soil to add to his maiden Test ton in Bangladesh.
Gill was dismissed by Australian spinner Nathan Lyon and returned to the pavilion after scoring 128 off 235 balls.
Ravindra Jadeja came to the crease in place of Gill and played a steady supporting role for Kohli as the 34-year-old brought up his half-century.
India ended the third day of the final Test at 289 for 3 and defeated Australia by 191 runs.
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