Yeh toh Kotla wicket jaise hai, he guffawed, as Rohit Sharma was forced to jab hurriedly at a delivery from Akash Deep that kept low at the Melbourne Cricket Ground practice facility on Sunday morning.

Leading by example

Even when he is not hunting batters down, Jasprit Bumrah is impossible to ignore. He has a word with everyone, he has time for his mates — exchanging fist bumps with Dhruv Jurel, indulging in banter with Abhimanyu Easwaran. A smile stays plastered as he begins his walk-in, then disappears once he explodes towards the bowling crease. In that little phase, he dons his game face; the result, more often than not, is devastating.