India’s captain and pace spearhead, Jasprit Bumrah showed his aggression when he was seen having a verbal exchange with Sam Konstas as the first day of the final Test was about to end in Sydney as well.The former Indian cricketer, Sanjay Manjrekar was happy to see the team fired up and raring to go despite the disappointing performances as well.

“Yeah, they’re all fired up, and it’s great to see, right at the end of a long series, this kind of emotion. I mean, Bumrah has been phenomenal, and ‘great’ doesn’t seem to be enough to describe his performance as a bowler. To see him fired up in this fashion is quite rare,” he commented on Star Sports after the day’s play. “Sam Konstas—there’s something about him that gets under the skin of the Indian players. You saw Virat Kohli in the background as well, really fired up. If Bumrah is like this, you know it’s something special,”

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The former Australian cricketer, Simon Kaitch also gave the credit to Scott Boland’s show in the first innings where he was the pick of the Australian bowlers with four wickets and feels that Australia have the luxury of having a speedster of his quality come in place of Josh Hazlewood.

“He’s a fan favourite, and not just at the MCG, where he’s a local legend. Here in Sydney today, he got a massive reception. His average here in Australia, I think, is just over 13.5 — it’s remarkable. What he does do well, as we’ve spoken about throughout the series, is take wickets in clumps because he gets the ball in dangerous areas early in a batsman’s innings,” Kaitich praised Boland.

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“That’s why it’s no surprise to see him get a lot of players out first ball. Today, Kohli nearly got out the first ball, and Reddy was out the first ball because Boland asks questions around the top of the off-stump with a little bit of movement both ways. He’s relentless and an absolute luxury in this team, given that Josh Hazlewood’s a gun as well,” he added.