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Rishabh Pant was caught on the stump-mic expressing his frustration and giving an earful to spinner Kuldeep Yadav during Day 2's play in the ongoing second Test between India and South Africa at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday. Pant lost his cool at Kuldeep after the Indian team was issued a second warning for delays between overs.
Stand-in skipper Pant, who has been leading India in the absence of captain Shubman Gill, was cut a frustrated figure behind the stumps after umpire Richard Kettleborough gave him a second warning for breaching the 60-second rule during the 88th over of South Africa's first innings in Guwahati.
As per the latest ICC rules, bowling teams have only one minute stop-clock between overs. A team is required to begin the next over within a minute of the previous over finishing, unless there is an injury or unwarranted delay. The failure to stay within the stop-clock rule leads to a warning from the on-field umpires.
The bowling team is awarded a penalty if the breach takes place for the third time, leading to 5 extra runs for the batting team. Pant was left frustrated at Kuldeep's inability to bowl overs quickly as he vented out at the spinner, with his words getting caught on the stump-mic.
"Yaar, 30 seconds ka timer hai. Ghar pe khel rahe ho kya? Ek ball daal jaldi. (The timer is on. Are you playing at your home? Just bowl the ball quickly," Pant was heard saying on the stump mic.
"Yaar Kuldeep, dono baar warning le li (Kuldeep, we got the second warning). Pura ek over thodi na chahiye. Mazak bana rakha hai Test cricket ko (Do you guys need an entire over (to move)? You guys have made Test cricket a joke)," he added.
South Africa are on top in the second Test against India in Guwahati after posting a huge total of 489 runs in their first innings on Sunday. South Africa rode on Senuram Muthusamy's maiden Test ton and Marco Jansen's brilliant 93 to reach close to the 500-run mark.
Muthusamy scored a gutsy 109 and combined with Kyle Verreynne and Jansen to share two important partnerships for South Africa after the visitors resumed their first innings from 246/6 on Day 2. Muthusamy added 88 runs for the seventh wicket with Verreynne, who contributed with a valuable 45, before sharing a 97-run stand with Jansen.
While Muthusamy impressed with his grit and defence en route to his maiden Test ton, Jansen blazed his way to 93 off just 91 balls, but missed out on his first hundred for South Africa in Tests. Nonetheless, the duo managed to power South Africa to a huge total. In reply, India ended with 9/0 in 6.1 overs at stumps on Day 2.
