India take final swipe at Australia and brand the hosts 'soft' following huge flashpoint at the SCG
Daily MailIndia have fired one last shot at Sam Konstas, calling Australia 'soft' for suggesting Jasprit Bumrah and his teammates had intimidated the teenager during the decisive SCG Test. After Australia's six-wicket win that sealed victory in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, coach Gautam Gambhir insisted Konstas had 'no right' to chirp at Bumrah and spark a confrontation that increased tensions to boiling point on day one. Australia were branded 'soft' after suggesting debutant Sam Konstas had 'no right' to wind up Jasprit Bumrah during the final Test Konstas and Bumrah exchanged words during the Test on day one of the Sydney Test India coach Gautam Gambhir said you 'cannot be soft' in Test cricket responded to Andrew McDonald's claims that he had to check in on Konstas after the incident 'I don't think there was anything intimidating about it. The Indian coach appeared to suggest Konstas had to learn some lessons from his first two Test matches Australia would go on to win the Border Gavaskar series and retain the trophy following a 3-1 series win But the Indian coach suggested Konstas had lessons to learn from his first two Test matches.