New Delhi: The current team is a different beast. That's what the visiting Australians learnt during the second Test match in Bengaluru, which India won by 75 runs.


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The match will be, infamously, remembered for many flare-ups between the two camps. But one which went unnoticed by many was Ravichandran Ashwin's brilliant response to Mitchell Starc, who had earlier taunted the spinner's Tamil Nadu state-mate Abhinav Mukund.


Mukund got lucky and top-edged a six n the seventh over during India's second innings, and the Aussie bowler, furious and perplexed pointed to his forehead, probably, indicating it's all about luck. or, probably saying, he would hit in the helmet.


Starc's attempt to unsettle Mukund failed to impressed Ashwin, and the ace spinner was waiting for just the perfect moment to give it back.


And it happened in the 30th over of the fourth innings. An Ashwin top-spin uprooted Starc's wicket, and there came the response.


A fire-up Ashwin mocked Starc by imitating the latter's gesture of pointing to the forehead.


WATCH the video HERE, courtesy BCCI


Ashwin took a six-for as India won the match, and levelled the series 1-1. Third match will be played at Ranchi, starting March 16.