AUS vs IND | Twitter reacts to Marnusā€™ ā€˜come onā€™ response to fiery Bumrah turns cricket field into boxing arena

Arijit Kundu

ByArijit Kundu,SportsCafe Editor

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One of the positives from a battle between two of the best sides could be the upliftment of sportā€™s competitive nature. The second Test between India and Australia resonated a similar vibe during the third session with Jasprit Bumrah and Marnus Labuschagne engaged in a fiery exchange.

Bumrah was steaming during a fiery exchange with Marnus at the Adelaide Oval cricket battle.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first didnā€™t quite help the Indian batters as Mitchell Starcā€™s six-wicket haul broke through them in two sessions. On the back of Nitish Reddyā€™s 42 and a second-wicket 69 runs partnership, the visitors got to 180 runs in the first innings. Eyeing to replicate Starcā€™s heroics with the pink ball, Jasprit Bumrah was lethal with the new ball against the Aussie top order. With Marnus Labuschagne substituting Usman Khawaja in the middle after the latterā€™s dismissal an unprecedented turn of events took centre stage including the batter and the bowler.

The third ball of the 13th over saw Bumrah dish a short ball into Labuschagne who incurred a thud at the gloves after dropping off the bottom hand. With the pink rock rebounding towards Bumrah, the bowler threatened a shy back at the batter. However, the batter stood afirm gazing at the bowlerā€™s eyes and mouthed a big ā€œcome onā€ Bumrah. The bowler smiled back at him before bowling a short of a length outside the stumps that Labuschagne got beaten on the outside edge. Bumrah ran a long way towards the batter with a smile before Labuschagne acknowledged with a nod, prompting the Twitterverse into a frenzy.

Peak entertainment

Too good

Contact established

Mimics

On charge

Superb

Too good

Bullied

Some heat

Amazing theatre

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