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India’s Rishabh Pant was on a different level of energy today when he took a dig at Australian captain Tim Paine.
After his intense innings in the last session of day three, India’s Rishabh Pant was on a different level of energy on Saturday as India dominated the proceedings. After a knock of 33, he was back to his job behind the stumps in the fourth innings of the Melbourne Test.
He was his usual chatty self and took some 'hilarious' verbal shots at the Australian captain Tim Paine when the latter came to bat.
Standing behind the stumps, Pant gave back to the skipper saying, “Have you ever heard of temporary captain, I am seeing one”.
He could also be heard asking the bowlers “to not do anything to get him out, just bowl.”
The rant was the 'payback' for Pant who was trolled by Paine during India's second innings on Friday. Paine took a shot at Pant for not being selected in the India squads for the ODIs against Australia and New Zealand. He said, “Tell you what... big MS is back in the one-day squad. Should get this bloke down to Hurricanes.. They need a batter”.
He even said, “Do you babysit? I can take my wife to the movies while you watch the kids”.
In all these verbal volleys, Twitter was the real winner as tweeple enjoyed the back and forth 'war of words'.
"We'll learn a new word today - 'temporary' captain."
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) December 29, 2018
Australian skipper Tim Paine is in the middle and Rishabh Pant is having some fun behind the sticks!#CricketMeriJaan #AUSvIND
"We got special guest now"
— Ashok Jammy (@AshokJammy_) December 29, 2018
"Did you ever see a temporary captain?"
"We don't need anything to get him (Paine) out"
"That's all he can do"
- Rishabh Pant behind the wickets when Tim Paine was on strike #AUSvIND #BoxingDayTest
'HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT A TEMPORARY CAPTAIN EVER' : Pant while Paine is batting.
— (@TimelessSteel) December 29, 2018
#AUSvIND
Paine comes to bat, Pant starts to talk. #AUSvIND
— Anudeep Tiwari (@anudeeptiwari) December 29, 2018
Pant on Paine
— Nikhil (@CricCrazyNIKS) December 29, 2018
"You don't have to do anything to get him out, just bowl"
Can't wait for Steve Smith to make a comeback to international cricket so Rishabh Pant can welcome him with "Cheater aa gaya hai bhailog, sab apna apna batwa sambhal lo."
— Hardik Rajgor (@Hardism) December 29, 2018
However, Pant was cautioned by umpire Ian Gould for his remarks, while no such warnings were given to Paine who tried to distract Indian batsmen for two consecutive days.
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