India's Rohit Sharma was alert at slips to dismiss Australia captain Tim Paine, immediately after he reached his ninth half-century in Tests.
The Indian and Australian teams are once again in a hard quarantine after new cases of UK mutant strain were found in the Queensland capital.
Australia skipper Tim Paine has said he is not worried about the lack of wicket-taking form of Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc as he took the blame on himself for squandering opportunities to deny them wicket.
Gavaskar had criticised Paine's captaincy and also posed doubts on his future as the skipper of the Australian team in the longest format of the game.
Both Tim Paine and Steve Smith were panned by fans and experts alike for their unsportsman-like conduct during Tuesday's drawn Sydney Test.
The Oz skipper says he had a really poor game as a leader and wanted to say sorry for the way he behaved on the field during the final day of the third Test, which ended in a morale-boosting draw for the Indians.
Australia's famed bowling attack threw everything at India on the fifth day but couldn't break their resolve as the visitors hung on for a memorable draw at the SCG.
Paine dropped two catches of Rishabh Pant, who made a fluent 97 and raised hopes of an Indian win, and then dropped one of Hanuma Vihari, who remained unbeaten on 23 and ensured that the game ended in a draw along
Aussies were left frustrated as Vihari (15* off 160) bats out the day with hamstring as he forged an unbeaten partnership with Ashwin to earn Team India a morale-boosting draw at the SCG.
Tim Paine tried to unsettle Ravichandran Ashwin with words behind the wickets, but dropped Hanuma Vihari's catch merely minutes after the sledging.
Paine was left furious after DRS review overturned Cheteshwar Pujara's dismissal during the 56th over of India's innings on day 4 of the third Test when Nathan Lyon was certain that he had the batsman caught at short leg.
While the cricket community exploded after Indian players were subjected to racial abuse during the fourth day of the third Test at the SCG, Australian skipper Tim Paine won hearts by joining the visiting team's huddle.
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Warner is still not hundred percent fit but Paine's eulogies bore testimony to team's desperation to get their opener back in the wake of their batting unit's flop show in three of the four innings so far.
The 34-year-old opener is fit to play the third Test, beginning on Thursday, after missing out on the first two matches, says Oz skipper Tim Paine.
The Oz skipper said that he feels uncertain about Brisbane hosting the fourth Test as India could force a change of venue given the power they hold in international cricket.
Tim Paine pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction which was imposed by match referee David Boon.
Australia opening batsman Matthew Wade too had called for consistency and felt that Paine was wronged.
Paine also credited the India bowlers saying they have been extremely disciplined and are executing the plans better than the Aussie batsmen have been.
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