Australia vs India: Cricket pundits said India have no chance of winning without Virat Kohli. key players ruled out due to injury. however, putting all this behind this is the new team India. Shubman Gill’s innings of 91 laid the foundation for India. Cheteswar Pujara was hit on helmet and gloves several times, wanted to bat anyhow. However, Pat Cummins got better off him. Pant took his time to settle in. In the start of his innings Pant left some balls and then looked to attack. Pant was brave and also fortunate as he played some poor shots. His innings of 89 off 138 balls took India home. India won the four-match Test series by 2-1.
India’s fairly inexperienced bowling attack was up to the task. After winning the toss, the Aussies opted to bat and had a start they wanted. Marnus Labuschagne continued his majestic run and scored a ton (108) and the Aussie skipper Tim Paine completed his half-century to put a decent total of 369/10. The visitors bowled particularly well on Day 2, getting five wickets and conceding only 95 runs. T. Natarajan, Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar pocketed three wickets apiece in the first innings.
When Indian walked into bat, the start was terrible. Shubman Gill was dismissed on 7 by Cummins. later Rohit Sharma was timing the ball as he always does, however, he threw his wicket away on 44. Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane had a start they were looking for but missed their chance of making it count. Indians were on backfoot when Sundar and Thakur were batting. However, The duo stitched a record-breaking partnership of 123 runs, the highest 7th wicket partnership for India in Tests. the visitors finished on 336/10.
Australia had a lead of 33 runs before coming into bat. In the second innings, the hosts had a great start. David Warner missed his fifty just by a couple of runs (48). Steve Smith was only one scoring a 50+ score. However, The visitors had a surreal day with the ball. Mohammed Siraj taking his maiden five-wicket haul made way for an Indian comeback. after batting for hours, Thakur seemed bowled his heart out and pocketed four crucial wickets. the Aussies were restricted on 294/10.
Rohit Sharma failed to start off well this time. However, Shubman Gill played a sensational inning of 91 runs, which included 8 boundaries and 2 sixes. the approach of Indian team looked positive. After Gill’s dismissal Pujara and Rahane were building a nice little partnership.before Cummins sent Rahane to pavilion, a sigh of relief for Paine and his crew. In the last session, Sundar played a few phenomenal shots and now India had a clear sight of winning. However, the hosts took two quick wickets of Sundar and Thakur. Pant was there and he could take India to a win and he did. As Pant drilled the ball towards mid-off and that’s it. The ball reached the boundary and India won.
