Rahul Tiwari
khelja|15-12-2024
The second day of the Gabba Test match was in the name of Australia. Australia scored 405 runs at the loss of 7 wickets by the end of the day on the basis of century innings by Travis Head and Steve Smith. Whereas, from India's side, only fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah managed to leave his mark. He was the most successful bowler, but during this match, former England cricketer Isa Guha made racial remarks about Jasprit Bumrah during the commentary, after which a big controversy has arisen.
Let us tell you, in the first session of the second day, Jasprit Bumrah gave a good start to the Indian team. He had sent both the Australian openers to the pavilion cheaply. Former Australian fast bowler Brett Lee was impressed by this powerful spell of Bumrah and while commenting for Fox Cricket, he said, 'Bumrah, today: five overs, 2-4. So, that's the tone and that's what you want from the former captain. During this time, former England cricketer Isa Guha was also commentating along with Brett Lee. Responding to Brett Lee, he said, 'He's the MVP, right? The most valuable primate, Jasprit Bumrah.
Let us tell you, generally MVP means most valuable player. But Isa Guha used the word primate during the commentary. Primate means 'monkey' in Hindi. In such a situation, after making such comments, Isa Guha has entangled himself in a big controversy. Let us tell you, this is not the first time that racial remarks have been made against Indian players in Australia. Even today, cricket fans have not forgotten the Monkeygate scandal that happened in 2008. Then Harbhajan Singh was accused by veteran Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds of racially abusing him by calling him a monkey. After this, Harbhajan was also banned for some matches.
Jasprit Bumrah has taken 5 wickets so far in the first innings of the Gabba Test match. This is his second 5 wicket haul in this series. He made Usman Khawaja, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh his victims. Earlier, he had also taken 5 wickets in an innings in the first match of the series.