'Ridiculous' Smith act that left legend fuming

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Australian cricket fable Allan Border was near "shell-shocked" by Australia's show successful the archetypal Test against India.

Australia was bowled retired to capitulate to an innings and 132-run nonaccomplishment connected time 3 successful Nagpur.

Ten wickets fell successful a league arsenic Australia was rolled for 91 runs - the nation's lowest-ever innings people successful India and second-lowest full against India astatine immoderate venue.

Reflecting connected Australia's woeful 2nd innings connected Fox Cricket, Border was peculiarly irritated by the Aussie batters congratulating the absorption bowlers for bully deliveries.

"Play with a harder edge. I mean, we're giving blokes the thumbs up erstwhile they're beating america extracurricular the disconnected stump," helium said.

Notedly, Steve Smith was blameworthy of the act, giving Ravindra Jadeja a thumbs up aft the spinner bushed his extracurricular edge.

"What the hellhole is going on? That is conscionable ridiculous," Border said.

"Don't spell stupid, but Australia play hard-nose cricket.

"We're adjacent giving idiosyncratic thumbs up ... bloody hell."

Smith acceptable Australia's highest people of the 2nd innings, finishing not retired with 25 runs from 51 balls.

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