Recalling the loss at Gabba, Marcus Harris has admitted that Rishabh Pant’s 89-run innings was unbelievable and magical and called it one of the best innings that he has seen. Not just that, on day five’s action, Harris lauded Cheteshwar Pujara’s batting, stating that he batted like an Australian.

After narrowly missing out on the World Test Championship final, Justin Langer looking back laments Australia’s slower over-rate, which docked four of their points as ‘really slack’ and disappointing. He also added that it was an attitudinal thing and Australia need to learn it as soon as possible.

Tim Paine might be the funniest guy of both sides, he might very well have the best banter, but is that really of any use if he cannot back it up with performances? The Aussie skipper, today, embarrassed himself by dropping Vihari, moments after unsuccessfully unsettling Ashwin with some ‘chatter’.

Steve Smith has managed to stay controversy-free of late, but on Day 5 of the SCG Test, the stump camera picked up a rather ‘shady’ footage that has since left fans infuriated. Smith was seen scuffing out Pant’s guard mark in an attempt to unsettle him, forcing the youngster to take guard again.