India’s appearing captain Virat Kohli teased the gang over the notorious ‘Sandpaper Gate’ scandal after Australia’s Steve Smith fell one run wanting reaching 10,000 Check runs throughout the third day of the fifth Check in Sydney on Sunday.
Only one wanting the milestone, Smith edged a supply from Prasidh Krishna and was caught at gully by Yashasvi Jaiswal. He shall be solely the fourth Australian batter to handle the haul.
After the wicket, Kohli, stationed within the slip cordon, turned to the gang and pulled out his empty pockets.
Smith was stripped off his captaincy and banned from worldwide cricket for 12 months together with David Warner for ball tampering throughout a match in opposition to South Africa in 2018. Cameron Bancroft too was banned for 9 months. The trio was caught utilizing a sandpaper to shine the ball.
The wicket of the previous Australia captain left the facet 58 for 3 in its chase of 162 runs, retaining the visiting India inside attain of a victory.