‘HOPE NO ONE IS TREATED LIKE SMITH, WARNER’
ADELAIDE: India captain Virat Kohli said he was sad to see the public backlash faced by Steve Smith and David Warner for their role in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa this year. “It was sad to see. As big a thing as it became, you never want to see anyone go through that because I have known David (Warner) and Steve (Smith). Apart all the competitiveness on the field, you never want to see such a magnitude happen to two sportsmen and what happened after was very bad,” Kohli said. “I felt that the things happened after shouldn’t have happened.”
Prithvi Shaw resumes running ahead of Perth Test
ADELAIDE: Young Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw on Monday started running in his quest to regain fitness ahead of the second Test against Australia at Perth beginning on Friday. Shaw, 19, had missed the opening Test after injuring his ankle while fielding during the practice game against Cricket Australia XI late last month. The 19-year-old from Mumbai, wearing a protective brace on his left ankle, was seen jogging around the Adelaide Oval before the start of the fifth and final day of the first Test here. Shaw, who had scored a century on debut against the West Indies in October, had leapt to take a catch at the deep mid-wicket boundary when he twisted his ankle. He is unlikely to make it to the second Test in Perth but might return to the squad for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne beginning December 26.