A photograph of the Indian wicket-keeper, Rishabh Pant with Tim Paine’s wife and kids after the third Test in Melbourne proved that he is quite a sport. Now the Australian skipper, who had poked fun at Pant by asking him to babysit his kids, has taken to praising Pant for the warm gesture.
During a press conference ahead of the Sydney Test, Paine said, “Yeah, that was interesting. We were at the PM’s house yesterday. Just had a quick chat to Rishabh. My wife was happened to be there so we just grabbed a quick photo. He was a good sport and he is on the field, to be honest.”
Great stuff here from Tim Paine on the new family babysitter and the banter out in the middle! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/faCM6EQHLT
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 2, 2019
In an Instagram story last week, Tim Paine’s wife Bonnie termed Pant the “best babysitter.” The story had shown the Indian wicket-keeper posing with the two kids of Bonnie and Tim. This development was the result of a friendly banter between the two glovemen during the Melbourne Test, where Paine had invited him to babysit his children sometime.
During the Melbourne Test, Paine gave an advice to Pant that he should join the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League (BBL) in the wake of MS Dhoni’s returned to India’s ODI and T20I squads. The piece of advice was followed by the nasty “babysitting” jibe. Paine was heard saying, “Tell you what, big MS (Dhoni) is back in the one-day squad too, we might get him down to the (Hobart) Hurricanes this bloke, we need a batter. Fancy that Pant, extend your little Aussie holiday. Beautiful town Hobart too. Get you a nice apartment on the waterfront. Have him over for dinner. Can you babysit? (Can I) take the wife to the movies one night, you can look after the kids?”
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In the next innings of the same Test when Paine came out to bat, Pant decided to give it back. The latter hhadsaid, “Running away always, always running away. Too difficult, too difficult….We’ve got a special guest today. Have you heard of a temporary captain ever? Have you heard of it? Have you heard of anything like a temporary captain ever? You don’t need anything to get him out, boy. He loves to talk. That’s the only thing he can do boy. Only talking, talking.”
