Watch: Stump mic reveals ugly on-pitch chats between Kohli and Paine in Perth Test
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After the soft dismissal, Kohli remained talkative on the field during Australia's second innings, which carried on until stumps, with both captains exchanging words.
The stump mic has revealed the ugly war of words between Indian captain Virat Kohli and Australian skipper Tim Paine on the third day of Perth Test on Sunday.
The match got spiced up on the third day when Virat Kohli completed his 25th Test hundred got India to 283 runs but caught at second slip after a controversial catch by Peter Handscomb.
Virat looked unhappy with the decision and tensions flared-up when Australia started batting in their second innings.
Both the captains, Virat Kohli and Tim Paine, kept exchanging words, which carried on until stumps.
The hosts finished 175 runs ahead on day three.
Virat was heard yelling at Paine, "If he messes it up, it's 2-0."
The chats were picked up by the microphone after he and his teammates made a loud caught-behind appeal for Paine in the final over of the day.
The Australian captain did not hold himself back and replied: "You've got to bat first, **** head".
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KOHLI : If u mess it up it's 2-0
— karthick shivaraman (@ISkarthi) December 16, 2018
PAINE : You Got to Bat First D***Head
Verbals from Skippers😂😂#AUSvIND #AUSvsIND pic.twitter.com/Bjtx6VTT2B
The hosts star-spinner Nathan Lyon, however, played down the incident.
"I think Tim just asked him where he was going for dinner that's all. I've played enough cricket against Virat to know what he's like, and I'm not worried about what he's doing or what India's doing," said Lyon.
"Virat is a great player, he plays on emotion, we all know that, and to be honest I'm not too concerned how Virat reacts or the way he conducts himself. I'm just worried about what we can control in the Australian dressing room and I thought as bowlers we came out today and performed pretty well," he said.
Lyon said: "The wicket seems like it's starting to play a few more little tricks. We were expecting the cracks to play a little bit more, but with that rain yesterday it probably softened our ball up quite a fair bit. I know as bowlers the ball in cricket terms felt like it had no air left in it, so it lost a little bit of zip off the wicket.
"But we were pretty happy with the way we bowled and we know that come the second dig we can bowl much better than that. So we can take a few lessons off that first innings," he added.