Australian cricketer Steve Smith has been accused of shadow-batting at the crease and scuffle out the guard marks made by Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, forcing him to retake the same.
https://twitter.com/cricket_badger/status/1348427038349258752?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwThe snippet of the video was shared on Twitter by cricket fan @cricket_badger. The incident happened after the drinks break when the stump camera caught Smith doing the unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Pant had to mark his guard all over again.
Cricket fans were upset over Steve Smith’s action. They slammed the Australian cricketer who was earlier found tampering ball and subsequently banned from all forms of domestic and international cricket for a year in 2018.
https://twitter.com/Falgun1872/status/1348467114370338823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw People were upset at the lack of sportsman spirit showed by Smith. https://twitter.com/mastiyaapa/status/1348466880516743168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/TalesByAkshat/status/1348464513012559872?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwThe incident comes close on heels of the racist abuse hurled towards Indian players Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah by the drunk Australian fans in the stadium.
India is chasing a target of 407 against Australia on day 5 of the third test match in the series.