Siraj-Labuschagne Face Off Continues: Siraj Unorthodox Way to Out Labuschagne worked

In the third test of the Border Gavaskar trophy, on the second day, a visual that made everyone scratch their head when it came to the screen. It happened after Jaspreet Bumrah sent both the openers back to the pavilion, and Labuschagne came to bat.

The face of which has continued since the Adelaide test, where Siraj threw the ball in the direction of Labuschagne after he pulled out from the crease to play the ball at the last moment when Siraj was in his runup.

This is not your Gully cricket Siraj ... Behave !

A wrong image of the Indian team will be created in the minds of the audience.#INDvsAUS
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— Harsh Tiwari (@harsht2024) December 6, 2024

But this time it was different; after two quick wickets in the early morning, Labuschagne came to bat at number 3; in the 32nd over, Siraj was bowling and all of a sudden, he went towards Labuschagne; as he was going toward the stumps, Labuschagne whispered something to him. 

Siraj went and replaced the bell's position, leg one on the off one and off one in the leg one. As Siraj returned for his runup, Labuschagne corrected the bell's position. 

Siraj went to change the bails over...

Marnus was having none of it 😅#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/nfQZ1sEZqo

— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 15, 2024

This incident probably made Labuschagne lose his focus. In the next over, Nitish Reddy came to bowl, and Labuschagne lost his patience and gave an edge to the bowl in slip. Virat caught the ball beautifully and completed a magnificent catch.

Meanwhile, this is not the first time between Labuschagne and Siraj; it has happened between the duo in the second test and was also part of a controversy with Travis Head, for which both were penalised for violating the ICC code of conduct. 

In the third test match, Australia scored over 400 runs by seven wickets with two centuries in the innings from Steve Smith and Travis Head. On day 3, India will look to finish the Australian innings as quickly as possible and put some big runs on the board.