Nathan Lyon Turns an Umpire; Helps Ishant Sharma Take Guard in Perth during India vs Australia, Second Test Match (Watch Video)

The second Test match between India and Australia had many tensed moments. In fact, the atmosphere at Perth was tense that Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja ended up yelling at each other. However, there was this one moment between Nathan Lyon and Ishant Sharma that left everyone in splits and eased the atmosphere a bit. So this happened while Nathon Lyon was handling the bowling duties and Ishant was batting for India. Video: Virat Kohli and Tim Paine Exchange 'Frosty Handshake', Mitchell Johnson Calls Indian Captain 'Silly' and 'Disrespectful'

Nathan Lyon helped the Indian pacer who had just come out to bat and helped him take the guard. Ishant responded to Lyon’s gesture with a smile and said, “You’re going to give?” asked back Ishant with a smile. Even umpire Kumara Dharmasena was seen smiling ear to ear. The whole conversation was recorded on the stump mic.Marcus Harris Sledges Rishabh Pant During Day 5 of IND vs AUS; Says, ‘If You Get Out You Can Go Out and Disco Tonight’ (Watch Video).

However, Ishant was soon walking back to the pavilion and post this India lost a couple of more wickets. The visitors were bundled out on 140 runs and further lost the match by 143 runs. After the match Virat Kohli said, “As a team I think we played well in patches which we can hold onto. Australia played much better than us with the bat. 330 on that pitch we felt was a bit too much. They deserved to win. We had the belief we could do it, but they were more relentless and put us in trouble.” The four-game series is now tied 1-1 with the third match set to begin in Melbourne on Boxing Day.

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