India vs Australia: WATCH – Mayank Agarwal comes up with innovative technique to shine the ball


India vs Australia: WATCH – Mayank Agarwal comes up with innovative technique to shine the ball

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The fourth and final Test between India and Australia at the Gabba is heading towards an exciting finish on the last day. The hosts will fancy their chances of bundling out the Indian batting line-up and reclaim the Border-Gavaskar trophy. However, the visitors have withstood a plethora of challenges throughout the series and would want one final effort to ensure the coveted trophy stays with India.

India need 324 runs to win with all 10 wickets intact on Day 5 and it looks unlikely that they would go for a win. There is rain forecast for Day 5 but it is expected that these interruptions won’t be long and that Australia would have enough time to bowl India out and seal victory.

Mayank Agarwal rubs ball on Shardul Thakur’s arm

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, cricketers have been banned from applying saliva on the ball to shine it and hence, some players are seen using innovative techniques to achieve the same. Indian batsman Mayank Agarwal was seen using one such technique today.

In the 46th over of Australia’s innings, Agarwal took the ball, held bowler Shardul Thakur’s arm and rubbed the ball against the arm. A video of this incident was posted online by cricket.com.au who captioned it, “Modern-day shining techniques” The video has now gone viral on social media with fans recalling the infamous ‘sandpapergate’ incident that rocked Australian cricket.

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