Ind vs Aus 4th Test: Stupid, stupid, stupid, says fuming Sunil Gavaskar after Rishabh Pant's dismissal

Team India gifted two more wickets on Day 3 after having self-inflicted a collapse late on Day 2 of the fourth Test against Australia at Melbourne.

Rishabh Pant was dismissed early on the day. the wicket-keeper batter was playing his usual audacious shots but threw his wicket away. The dismissal left former India captain Sunil Gavaskar absolutely fuming.

“Stupid, stupid, stupid!” was Gavaskar’s reaction during his radio stint on ABC Sport.


Pant looked in control at the start of the day with a measured approach. Even when he played the aggressive shot, it was a calculated risk.


With Scott Boland coming around the wicket, Pant wanted to target the area behind square on the leg side. In order to achieve this, he played a falling sweep but it was so badly timed, that the ball flew off the toe end of the bat and straight to Nathan Lyon at fine deep third.

Off the previous delivery, Pant had attempted a similar shot and ended up edging the ball onto his body.

“You’ve got two fielders there and you still go for that,” Gavaskar added. “You missed the previous shot, and look where you’ve been caught. That is throwing away your wicket. You cannot say that that’s your natural game. I’m sorry. That is not your natural game. That is a stupid shot. That is letting your team down badly. You have to understand the situation as well.”


Commentating alongside Gavaskar was Harsha Bhogle who said: “I suspect there might not be too much of a conversation in that dressing room.” To which Gavaskar shot back: “He should not be going in that [India’s] dressing room, he should be going in the other dressing room.”



“Poor old Rishabh Pant on the ground watching his dismissal happen before his very eyes,” Mark Howard said on Fox Cricket. “With two out on the leg-side, it’s a risky shot,” Alyssa Healy added.

India were 326/7 at tea on Day 3.