Srinagar: Australia has dominated the first two days of the ongoing Boxing Day Test match at MCG and so far there has been nothing exciting from South Africa. However, the two incident Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje with crowd made everyone’s day at the stadium on the television.
It were two most highlighted part of the second days play apart from David Warner double century.
The South African pacers managed to get the crowds moving in the final session of the play as they were seen mimicking Rabada, while he was fielding near the boundary rope.
The crowd tried to synch with Rabada’s movements, as he stretched his arms and body, a routine warm-up which is generally done by bowlers before returning for a n spell.
The video in no time went viral on social media, with cricket.com.au tweeting, “KG Rabada adding his own flair to the Merv Hughes stretching shtick!”
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Even Anrich Nortje, who dismissed Steve Smith and forced Cameron Green to return to the pavilion after being retired hurt, saw good support from the spectators while fielding at deep. In another video shared by cricket.com.au, Nortje can be seen drinking water as the crowd kept chanting “Chug, Chug”.
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Nortje responded well to the crowd’s request and tossed the empty ball towards the stands after getting himself hydrated.
Riding on David Warner’s double ton, Australia finished at 386/3 at stumps and gained an enormous lead of 197 runs. Apart from Warner, Smith contributed with 85. Travis Head, who is batting on 48 at run a ball, along with Alex Carey (9) will lead the proceedings on the third day.
With inputs from HT Sports