In the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and India, the stump mic chatter has been the talk of the town. Interestingly, the Australian skipper, Tim Paine who has often been termed as the ‘good-boy’ has been engaged in most of the banters which very few expected. After asking Murali Vijay about his liking towards Virat Kohli, Paine was in the ears of the Indian wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant on Day three of the MCG Test in the second innings calling him a ‘babysitter’.
After reducing India to 44/5 in the second innings, Australia got some rays of hope and then the chatter began. Paine reminded Pant that MS Dhoni will be replacing him in the ODI squad now and also suggested him to extend his Australian holiday, by offering him to play for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League (BBL). It didn’t stop here as Paine also invited the youngster for a dinner and called him a babysitter.
Paine said, “I tell you what, big MS (Dhoni) is back in the One-Day squad, we might get (Pant) down to the Hurricanes, this bloke. We need a batter. Fancy that, surely, extend your little Aussie holiday, Beautiful town, Hobart, too. Get you a nice apartment on the waterfront. Have you over for dinner you Babysit? I’ll take the wife to the movies one night and you’ll look after the kids?”
WATCH – Rishabh Pant Mocked By Tim Paine To Play BBL
However, Pant was certainly going to give it back when Paine came out to bat on Day 4. Australia was reeling at 135/5 chasing 399 runs and no wonder India is having an upper-hand in the match. Pant felt this was the right time to get into Paine’s ears. As soon as he came out to bat, Rishabh started chatting and termed the Australia skipper as the special guest on the crease.
He also called him the temporary captain and went on to add that Paine only knows how to talk. He said, “We’ve got a special guest today…..have you heard of a temporary captain ever? You don’t need anything to get him out boys. He loves to talk, that’s the only thing he can do, only talking.”
Here’s the video of the chatter between the two:
It was Rishabh Pant's turn for some fun on the stump mic today… #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/RS8I6kI55f
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 29, 2018
