Watch: Sunil Gavaskar indirectly calls Mohammed Siraj 'dumb' after huge mix-up in Brisbane Test

Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar was furious at India's Mohammed Siraj for his actions during the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Gabba, Brisbane. Gavaskar lashed out at Siraj after a mix-up with allrounder Ravindra Jadeja on Day 4 of the Test.

Siraj and Jadeja were involved in a mix-up in the 62nd over of India's innings. Ravindra Jadeja took a single on the fourth ball of the over with an expectation that Mohammed Siraj would defend the last two balls of the series to give Jadeja back the strike.

While Mohammed Siraj was expected to defend the fifth ball, he instead took a single on the fifth ball. He again left his crease after an overthrow by Australia despite being sent back by Jadeja.

Both of them somehow completed the single but Jadeja was clearly not happy with Mohammed Siraj as the duo was involved in a mid-pitch conversation during the run.

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Sunil Gavaskar tears apart Mohammed Siraj

After seeing the whole incident, Sunil Gavaskar slammed Mohammed Siraj and even questioned his "cricketing awareness". He also mentioned that Siraj should be thinking about his team first rather than taking risky singles.

"Even now, in the middle of the crease, they are having a conversation. Siraj is having a conversation. What's going on over here? One ball is left in the over. All you've got to do is stick around. There is no run" Gavaskar said on commentary.

"It looks to be in a very casual manner. Look at that. There's got to be some cricketing awareness. You are a no.9 batter. You have to think about team. You cannot think of taking risky singles," he added.

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The incident proves costly for Inida

The whole incident proved to be costly for India as Jadeja didn't get the strike for the next over. With Mohammed Siraj having to face Mitchell Starc in the next over, it was always going to be a tough ask.

Starc got the wicket of Siraj on the last ball of the over when he had had him caught behind the wickets to Alex Carey. He was dismissed for just 1 off 11 balls. It was the loss of eighth wicket for India.

Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep avoid the follow-on

India also lost Ravindra Jadeja a few overs later as they needed 33 more runs to avoid the follow-on. However, Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep ensured that the Men in Blue avoid the follow-on in a dramatic manner.

Both Bumrah and Akash Deep are still at the crease and their partnership is unbeaten on 39 runs at the moment. Akash slammed a four over gully to avoid the follow-on, prompting Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir to give a memorable reaction.

Mohammed Siraj was earlier promoted to No. 9 ahead of Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep. He didn't have a great time with the ball earlier as he finished with 2-97 in 23.2 overs.