Watch: All the hilarious banter and sledges from the India-Australia Test series

Tim Paine-Rohit Sharma, Melbourne

Tim Paine

On day 2 of the fourth Test, Rohit Sharma walked out to bat with an uncertainty over his Test future and Aussie skipper tried to use this to his advantage as he tried to get under Rohit's skin and plot his downfall in the first innings.

In a bid to take an extra wicket before Tea, Paine started a conversation with the FSL fielder Aaron Finch and tried to charge Rohit up and the funny conversation was picked up on the stump-mic.

Paine was heard saying (to Finch), "it’s been a toss up for me between Royals and Indians, and if Rohit hits a six here, I am changing to Mumbai." A couple of balls later, he said, "too many Poms at the Royals" referring to the presence of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and possible Jofra Archer in Rajasthan Royals.

"If Rohit hits a six here I'm changing to Mumbai" 😂#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/JFdHsAl84b

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 27, 2018

Rohit remained calm while batting and prior to the start of third day's play, Rohit admitted hearing Paine's banter and responded in style. He said, "I was hearing that but when I'm batting, I just focus on the job at hand. But, I had a chat with Ajinkya Rahane and I joked that if he (Paine) gets a hundred here, I will put in a word about him to my boss at Mumbai Indians and we'll buy him. Looks like he's a fan of Mumbai".