India batter appears to anger Aussie players after accidentially clipping a cricket ball into their team huddle, before getting out to Mitchell Starc with the same shot

Despite his productive start to this summer’s Border-Gavaskar Test series, Yashavsi Jaiswal has disappointed of late and was dismissed again by Mitchell Starc on Monday.

Even after appearing to sledge Starc during the first Test, claiming he bowled ‘too slow’, India’s opener has since been dismissed by Starc three times, leaving him at the crease for four runs on Monday.

It came in rather unusual circumstances, with the 22-year-old batsman warming up ahead of India’s first innings close to the boundary line at the Gabba.

A coach was seen throwing a ball to the youngster, who appeared to clip a ball to his right and into the Australian team’s huddle.

Cummins and Co had yet to enter the oval for the innings, but after hearing a shout that the ball was flying towards them, they crouched down and covered their hands with their heads.

The 22-year-old Indian batsman was given throwdowns by a coach before hitting the ball towards the group

The Australian players ducked and raised their hands above their heads after a call was received

Fortunately, no one appeared to be injured after the incident, with Michael Vaughan joking: ‘That’s one way to get ahead of the match… he’s just trying to take out Mitchell Starc before the match starts.’

The match then started, with Jaiswal facing two deliveries and hitting a four off his first, before being dismissed by Starc.

Jaiswal played an almost identical shot to the one that had landed in the Australian team huddle during his warm-up, swinging the ball to Mitchell Marsh, who was standing at mid-wicket.

The Australian bowler barely had to move to catch the ball and took the catch comfortably, giving Australia a flying start.

“Five minutes before Jaiswal got out, this is the shot he practiced with that whip through mid-wicket, a beautiful shot and good balance,” Vaughan added, comparing his warm-up shot to his dismissal.

“And then you go into the game and it’s the same shot, but it goes out of the air, just taps it. It was the pressure of the match, in practice it is perfect.’

Sunil Gavaskar has also questioned Jaiswal’s decision to play the ball.

‘They’re not the best shots. [If] When you come across 445 runs, I think it’s important to look carefully. It wasn’t even a half-volley, and you tried to tap that ball away, and it’s a simple catch.

Jaiswal (right) would play an almost identical shot while facing his second delivery, but was dismissed by Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Marsh (left)

Jaiswal raised his hand to apologize to the Australian players after the ball almost hit them

Starc (pictured) enjoyed a good day at the wicket, dismissing both Jaiswal and Shubman Gill

“Very good placement on the pitch and very good captaincy from Pat Cummins,” he told ABC Sport.

“But those aren’t the best shots you expect from an opening bat, especially when your opponent has 445. Your job now for that one hour was to try to keep a straight face. Jaiswal, very disappointing.”

After a rainy day in Brisbane, Australia would post a first innings score of 445 all out. They took the field on Monday and made progress through India’s openers, with Starc taking the wickets of both Jaiswal and Shubman Gill before Hazlewood defeated Virat Kohli.

Captain Pat Cummins would claim the wicket of Rishabh Pant, before rain forced another stoppage of play, with India ending day three at 51/4.