Play was halted for a few minutes in the second session on the fourth day of the third Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Crick...
Play was halted for a few minutes in the second session on the fourth day of the third Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, after the visiting players complained to the umpires about disturbance from a section of crowd.
It is not yet clear what the the complaints from Indian players were but they brought to attention unruly behaviour from fans who were later removed from their seats.
Earlier, on Saturday, according to a report in Cricbuzz, Indian team management had lodged a complaint about two of their players - Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj - having faced racial abuse from a section of the SCG crowd.
It is unclear yet what was said on Sunday when it was Siraj once again who raised the issue with the umpires with Ajinkya Rahane walking over to square leg umpire Paul Reiffel at the start of a Bumrah over. After few moments of discussion where Siraj pointed his fingers at a group of fans, the umpires ventured towards the fine leg fence where he was fielding. Soon security was called in and television pictures showed a set of fans being evicted from the venue.
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