Smith says he was wrong to seek help on DRS decision

India defeated Australia by 75 runs in the second Test and the two sides will now move to Ranchi for the third Test which begins on March 16.

Even former Australia captain Michael Clarke said that it was Handscombe who had suggested Smith to turn around while making it clear that he finds this move “unacceptable”.

“It’s not the done thing and I hope the match referee has taken note of it”.

“I got hit on the pad and looked down to Petey (Peter Handscomb) and he sort of said look up there (towards the dressing room), so I turned around and said what do you reckon”.

“He [Kohli] has his opinion and we have ours”.

Current Aussie captain Steve Smith was trapped plumb lbw on 28 during day four, when the game was in the balance. “I know it to the day and I’m really proud of that achievement”. Two best Test batsmen we have got showed so much character and technique and heart. Obviously we saw the replay and it was missing the stumps. “I would never do something like that on the field”. Disappointing today but you move on.

“I heard he said something about me not having good behaviour with the umpires”, Kohli said.

Sources said that after the first Test in Pune, which India lost, there was growing suspicion in the Indian camp that the Australians were bending the DRS rule, but did not have video evidence to back their claims.

While Steve Smith denied that he was looking for insights from the dressing room and said it was a “brain-fade” moment for him and he did not intend to seek help from elsewhere after being given out. It was a bit of brain-fade on my behalf. “I’m sure the guys will bounce back strongly but the batting was more disappointing than the bowling”. I won’t mention the word but it falls into that bracket.

It’s safe to say the batsman’s comments haven’t gone down well with the Australian fans. They basically played into our hands. So for us that’s a challenge. Also, the win ensures India a spot at top of the rankings till the April 1 cut-off date which makes them eligible to receive a cash prize of $1 million (₹6.6 crore). “It was a great Test match. disappointed but proud of them”.

Australian media likened the controversy to the infamous Sydney Cricket Ground test in 2008, which soured relations between the teams for a number of years.

“No, we leave that with ICC and that’s the way it goes”, he said.

“I feel that the partnership between Ajinkya and Pujara, in a situation where the momentum was against us in the series, was outstanding”. I think that was probably the change in momentum that we needed.

“It’s heated, it’s always heated in India that’s the way it is”.