On Yashasvi Jaiswal’s ‘Teasing’ Act, Australia Star’s Hilarious Reaction Goes Viral. Clock

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India openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul extended the team’s lead to 218 runs against Australia at the end of Day 2 of the 1st Test in Perth. After Jasprit Bumrah’s five-wicket haul allowed India to restrict Australia to 104 in the first innings at the Optus Stadium, Jaiswal and Rahul put on an unbeaten 172-run stand. While Jaiswal was unbeaten on 90, Rahul played second fiddle to him. He was unbeaten on 62 with India in a commanding position despite scoring 150 in the first innings.

Meanwhile, Jaiswal had a funny exchange with Australian Marnus Labuschagne. The incident happened in the 43rd over of India’s second innings.

Jaiswal pushed Mitchell Marsh’s delivery towards point and tried to steal a single. However, Labuschagne warned him when he pretended to run him out.

However, Jaiswal also taunted Labuschagne by teasing the Australian player to run him out. The duo went back and forth before sharing a smile with each other.

Coming back to the match, Jaiswal faced 193 balls while Rahul fended off 153 to steer India to 172 for no loss at the end of day two.

India have won their last two Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia but came into the Perth Stadium clash on the back of a devastating 3-0 home loss to New Zealand.

After making a narrow 150 on a lively track in their first innings, the pressure was on again. But their response turned out to be admirable.

They took a 46-run lead into the second innings after dismissing the hosts for a paltry 104 at lunch.

Dynamic skipper Jasprit Bumrah flashed 5-30 and Harshit Rana grabbed 3-48.

Jaiswal brought up his ninth Test half-century off 123 balls, hitting Nathan Lyon for a single.

He had a let-off on 52 when he tried to drive from Starc, with the ball flying to Usman Khawaja at second slip, but he failed to take a tough chance.

The elegant Rahul too had a scare and survived a run-out of 42.

He regrouped to reach his 16th half-century in his 54th Test, taking one more ball than Jaiswal, and with those landmarks reached they began to play more freely.

(With AFP inputs)

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