Virat Kohli and James Faulkner engaged in a bit of a banter during the third one-dayer at Melbourne.
Australian all-rounder James Faulkner was on Sunday involved in some verbal dual with Indiancricketers, during the third One-Day International (ODI) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Faulkner was first seen chatting with Virat Kohli, who smashed his 24th ODI hundred of the career to help India score 295 for 6 in their allotted 50 overs. Later in the innings, when Indian captain MS Dhoni walked out to bat, Faulkner was seen having a word with him as well. “You’re wasting your energies. No point. I have smashed you enough in my life,” the stump microphone recorded Kohli as saying to Faulkner during the former’s innings. SCORECARD: India vs Australia 2015-16, 3rd ODI at Melbourne
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| Virat Kohli has had quite a few run-ins with the Australians in the past, most recently during the 2014-15 Test series © Getty Images |
Faulkner however, would go on to have the last laugh as he hit the winning runs for Australia, who won the match by three wickets and gained an unassailable 3-0 series lead, with two more games to go. Australia had successfully chased the 300-plus totals in the first two games at Perth and Brisbane as well, with the Indian bowling taking some serious beating in the series so far. India however, have been consistent with the bat so far in the series, with Rohit Sharma (171 not out and 124) and Kohli (117) scoring centuries for the visitors and displaying brilliant form. UPDATES: India vs Australia 2015-16, 3rd ODI at Melbourne
India appeared favourites to pull themselves back in the series after reducing the hosts to 215 for six, before Glenn Maxwell (96 off 83 balls) played one of his finest knocks under pressure to guide his side home and win the ‘Man of the Match’ award.
Source: cricketcountry
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