India captain Virat Kohli and his Australian counterpart Tim Paine couldn't help but have a bit of chat in the middle as both teams fought it out in the first session on Day 4 of the second Test in Perth on Monday.
Kohli was visibly frustrated with the fifth-wicket partnership between Paine and Usman Khawaja and was in Paine's ears throughout the first two hours of play.
At one point in time during the 71st over, Paine took a single to come towards the non-striker's end when Kohli came charging towards the Aussie skipper but stopped just in time.
Umpire Chris Gaffney was not impressed with how the two were behaving in the middle and was heard saying something on the lines of "That's enough, that's enough. Come on, play the game. You guys are the captains," on the stump microphone.
The two were even seen and heard sledging each other on Sunday when Paine was batting in the final session.
"If he messes it up, it's 2-0," Kohli was heard saying, which was picked up by the microphone after he and his teammates made a loud caught-behind appeal for Paine in the final over of the day.
Paine did not hold himself back and replied "You've got to bat first, big head".
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