Veteran Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon took a jibe at Team India for their celebrations after avoiding a follow-on on Day 4 of the ongoing third Test in Brisbane as well. With rain playing spoilsport for much of the game, India entered Day 4 at 51/4 in response to Australia’s huge 445 as well.

However, after initial struggles, no.10 and 11 Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep helped India cross the follow-on score with some good batting, which resulted in wild celebrations from captain Rohit Sharma, veteran batter Virat Kohli and head coach Gautam Gambhir in the dressing room as well.

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Speaking about the same to the broadcasters on the morning of Day 5, Lyon said: “Yeah there’s a few of us who spoke about [how we’re] surprised about their reaction. We have played well and driven the game to where we are. Frustrating but we are still sitting in the changing room 185 in front. I still feel if we bat well, we can push for an Australian win. Looked like their top-order did not want to bat if we enforced the follow-on. We can’t control the weather. What we can control is our process. Especially against Jasprit Bumrah, he’s been excellent this series.”

Nathan Lyon was also surprised by Team India selecting three different spinners in each of the three Tests so far in the series. While Washington Sundar played the Perth Test, India went with Ravichandran Ashwin for the D/N affair in Adelaide before Ravindra Jadeja
played the ongoing Brisbane Test.

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“It’s an interesting question. You have someone sitting on the bench with 538 wickets (Ashwin) and I was scratching my head. But then you also have someone like Jadeja, so it’s a good headache to have. Nothing but respect. Just the way Ash has conducted himself on and off the field for a number of years now, and his skillset is incredible. We’ve got different opinions on different things, there’s no right or wrong. But to have those conversations with a bowler like Ashwin is amazing. From different variations to different tactics, understanding what he’s trying to do. We are both very different. So our conversation this morning was brilliant and I hope we have more through the series and in the future as well,” Nathan Lyon concluded.