In the day 2 of the second test being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Ishant Sharma got involved in some swordplay with Australia captain- Steve Smith and opener Matt Renshaw, Ishant tried to tease the two batsmen by making faces, Smith and Renshaw retaliated by making faces as well.
There’s plenty happening out there this morning! #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/KuU1RvXjyS
— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) March 5, 2017
The swordplay went on and even brought a grin across the face of India captain Virat Kohli. Kohli was later seen having a chat with his Australian counterpart Smith, perhaps discussing the same incident.
Caption this.. #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/GGz4jhvXp7
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 5, 2017
He even copies Smith’s style!
VIDEO : Ishant Sharma Copied Steve Smith | Watch The Reaction of Steve Smith #CricketChamber pic.twitter.com/VSSiMYNAiP
— Cricket Chamber (@cricketchamber) March 5, 2017
And in no time, this issue was viral and several memes were made on this, the incident took place after Ravichandran Ashwin removed opener David Warner in the morning.
Ishant Sharma s Acting is better than his bowling …
#INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/ul2LA8atp2— Ahmed Khokhar (@axmedkhokhar) March 5, 2017
India were bowled out for a meagre total of 189 on Day 1 of the match with off-spinner Nathan Lyon taking eight wickets.
India trail the four-match Test series 0-1.