Allan Border furious at Steve Smith for showing a 'Thumbs-up' gesture after getting beaten

Former Australian captain Allan Border is miffed with Steve Smith's body langu and vised Australian team to play with 'a harder edge'. Steve Smith was seen showing a thumbs-up to Ravindra Jeja after getting beaten by left-arm spinner on off stump and this particular incident triggered Aussie legend. India thrashed Australia by an innings and 132 runs in first test in Nagpur to take a 1-0 le in four-match Test series.

Allan Border slammed Steve Smith after thumbs up gesture

Allan Border was t happy with way Australian players treated mselves during first Test of Border-Gavaskar trophy in Nagpur, in particular with Steve Smith.

He reminded m that Australians are kwn for ir tough cricket on ground, t for ir soft stances towards ir opponent during a match. In an interview with Fox Sports, he opened up, “Play with a harder edge. I mean, we’re giving blokes thumbs up when y’re beating us outside off stump.

“What hell is going on? That is just ridiculous. Don’t go stupid, but Australia play hard se cricket. We’re even giving someone thumbs up … bloody hell."

He went on to d, “re’s so many scars re w, it’s going to be a tough few days. You can talk talk, but ultimately boys with bat in hand and ball in hand have got to do job.

“It’s going to be hard to find a way, but y’ve just got to do it. A big, soul-searching dressing room drink-a-thon tonight, just to try to thrash something out. That’s as b as we can play, re’s only one way to go from here."

Both Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jeja tricked Australian batsmen with ir spin web as famed Aussie batting lineup couldn't get ir job done. With a place in final of World Test Championship in offing, men in blue will be looking to pile more misery on visitors in second Test which is slated to start at Arun Jaitley Stium in Delhi on 17th February.