Cricket security has been beefed up after Wasim Akram got into a heated confrontation with an aggressive fan during the Australia-India Test in Perth

Security will be tightened at Perth’s Optus Stadium after commentator Wasim Akram was harassed by a cricket fan for almost an hour on Saturday.

According to reports, the Pakistani legend was trying to take revenge for Indian broadcaster Star when he fell victim to continuous harassment.

Akram had signed an autograph for the young man earlier in the day, but the fan continued to abuse his beloved cricket star.

After the match, the man was outside the stadium when Akram went out to get a taxi, following which an argument broke out between the two.

The man was removed by security. It is not known whether he was under the influence of alcohol.

Cricket officials indicated the abuse was not racist in nature, but confirmed security would be tightened on the remaining days of the Test.

Cricket Australia does not want a repeat of this incident and has confirmed it will now have greater security in the presence of commentators making crosses live on the pitch.

In addition, commentators were also given the opportunity to be picked up by car at the facility.

Meanwhile, new master blaster Yashasvi Jaiswal propels India to a famous victory in Perth after smashing a huge hundred in his first Test in Australia.

After being dismissed for a duck in the first innings, the 22-year-old star caused Australia major pain as India moved to 1-275 at lunch on the third day of the first Border-Gavaskar Test at the Optus Stadium.

India are leading by 321 runs and will be trying to get Australia out on the field all day in the Perth sun, with temperatures forecast to reach 35 degrees.

Jaiswal (141*) and KL Rahul (77), who was recalled to the India squad only because captain Rohit Sharma was on parental leave, produced a stand of 201, which was the highest opening score for an Indian pair in Australia.

The duo broke the previous mark of 191 set by Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth at the SCG in 1986.

Jaiswal, who grew up in the slums of India, reached his fourth Test century early on Sunday morning when he bowled over Josh Hazlewood through good leg for six.

The left-hander raised his hands in triumph and then hugged Rahul.

Despite two Test centuries in India and another in the struggling West Indies, doubts still remained as to how Jaiswal would fare in Australian conditions.

However, he performed admirably on a pace-friendly pitch in Perth, which admittedly became easier to bat on after 17 wickets fell on a chaotic opening day.

Jaiswal went to lunch with Devdutt Padikkal (25*), who also made a first-innings duck and is playing only his second Test.

As Australia approach their first Test defeat at Optus Stadium since it opened in 2018 and only their second overall in Perth against India, Pat Cummins’ side will have to defy history.

The last time Australia came back from a 1-0 deficit to come back to win a Test series was during the Ashes match in England in 1997.

Australia last won the Border-Gavaskar series in 2014-15, while India has held the trophy since 2017.

It was a stunning turnaround for India, who arrived in Australia fresh from a historic 3-0 home win against New Zealand.

Mitchell Starc (1-79) took Australia’s only wicket of the innings and looked frustrated even after Rahul was removed as the Indian right-hander was caught behind.

Even taking the second new ball just before lunch didn’t help Australia’s serious attack.

The Australians were bowled out for a dismal 104 in the first innings before joining India’s 150 innings after stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah (5-30) bowled brilliantly, improving his already stellar reputation in Australia.