On the first day of the Melbourne Test, Australia scored 311 runs for 6 wickets, 4 of its batsmen scored half-centuries. Australian batsmen performed well on the first day but they did such a thing in the middle of the pitch that Rohit Sharma got angry. He repeatedly stopped and interrupted the Kangaroo batsmen but the umpire stood quietly and watched. In fact, on the first day of the match, Australia's openers Sam Constance and Marnus Labuschagne were seen continuously running on the middle of the pitch. Especially Labuschagne who was seen continuously going to the good length area after playing the ball. After this Rohit Sharma interrupted him several times.

Were the Australian batsmen trying to damage the pitch?

Due to the Australian batsman continuously coming to the middle of the pitch, the pitch was getting damaged somewhere. Actually, batsmen play wearing half spikes shoes, which have nails in the front part. It can cause damage to the pitch and in this match, Team India will be playing the fourth innings, so it can suffer a significant loss, which is why Rohit Sharma was continuously interrupting the Australian batsmen.

Gavaskar-Irfan Pathan also raised questions

During the commentary, Irfan Pathan and Sunil Gavaskar raised the issue of Australian batsmen running in the middle of the pitch. Gavaskar alleged that if you saw Sam Constas, he was running straight on the pitch and no one even stopped him. After this Irfan Pathan said that it is the job of the umpires to interrupt the batsman. Gavaskar said – the umpire is just watching. He is listening to Rohit Sharma and Labuschagne.

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The power of spin will be visible in Melbourne

The power of fast bowlers was not visible in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. But the Melbourne pitch looks spin friendly. The bowling of Jadeja and Washington Sundar looked effective on the very first day. This means that their role can be bigger on the fourth and fifth day of the game. Australian spinner Nathan Lyon can also make a big difference in this match. This is the reason why Australian batsmen running on the middle of the pitch is causing great trouble to the Indian team. But the question is why is the umpire not seeing all this?