Nathan Lyon on Indian dressing room reaction after avoiding follow-on: ‘Looked like their top order did not want to bat’ | Cricket News
Australia spinner Nathan Lyon said he and his fellow Australian teammates were surprised to see the reactions that came from the Indian dressing room after they avoided the follow-on on the fourth day of the third Test at Gabba. The 47-run stand for the 10th-wicket between Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep has helped India avoid the follow-on in the Brisbane Test. When the two joined in the middle, India were 213 for 9, still 36 runs away from avoiding follow-on. With eight runs needed to avoid follow-on, Cummins finally put a ball fuller and Akash went for a flamboyant on-the-up hack, and the ball flew off the inside-edge past the stumps. A message came out from the Indian dressing room. “It was just to tell him to calm down, that it could be done in singles,” KL Rahul detailed later. Akash did calm down but it was with a rather nonchalant upper-slash over slips that got India across the line of safety. Akash Deep makes sure India avoid the follow-on and then smashes Pat Cummins …
