The Border-Gavaskar Trophy series between India and Australia has always played out as a classic confrontation, showcasing its unique bearings. The verbal spat between India’s premium fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, and Australia’s exciting young batting prospect, Sam Konstas, has also not been without controversy during the recent series.
It gained a lot of attention during the Sydney Test. Bumrah recently recounted the details of the incident, explaining how he addressed the contentious exchange, which again fashioned a ripples through the fierce competition of the series.
The Sydney Test Incident
In the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, pitched battles between Bumrah and Konstas heightened. This happened late in the first day with India giving their first innings in 185 runs and Australia on. The altercation ensued when the well-performing Konstas was accused by Bumrah of deliberately slowing things down to wrap up play for the day.
The nasty exchange between the two players, finally Bulrah dismissed Usman Khawaja off the very last ball of the day and then animatedly celebrated in Konstas’s face.
Bumrah’s View
Within a promotional event organized recently, bumrah shed some light on the episode in a light-hearted way.
He said, “I think you all thought I was fighting with him or something else happened, I just asked him, ‘Sab theek hai? Mummy theek hai, ghar par sab theek hai?’ (Is everything fine? Is your mother okay, is everything okay at home?)” He also mentioned that Konstas responded to him in the affirmative and Bumrah said, “Achha theek hai, ab main ball daal deta hoon” (Okay fine, now I will go ball). Bumrah took it upon himself to suggest that anything said below the hearing range might have let things slide down the wrong alley.
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