The team India showcased the real spirit of the game and dominated Australia on their soil. The team played without their front-end bowling unit and without the key players including the regular Skipper Virat Kohli but the character which the players showcased in the middle of Gabba is simply glorious and the team India registered a dominating victory over Australia to seal the series.
It was a painful start, as the team India lost to Australia in the first test match even without fighting back but witness a total change in the character of the players in the second test matches and the third test match which was believed to be an easy win for Australia. However, Hanuman Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin showcased amazing skills and the test match was ended in a draw and that was sweeter than a victory.
The team India lost all the important players including the front-end bowling unit and the key players such as Ravindra Jadeja due to the injury and in the fourth Test, the team India came out with a new face of bowling attack and the management was Force full to include the bowler who never played in Australia. Well, that means team India played with an inexperienced bowling attack in the fourth Test and the team also didn’t had a proper middle order as well.
But each and every player of the squad showcased an amazing exhibition of the patience as well as the skills and that resulted in a historical victory. It is worth mentioning that this is happening for the first time in Gabba as Australia never lost in this venue since 1988.
Match highlights
Australia won the toss in the final test match of the series and elected to bat first but the team did not get a good start, as both of the opening batsmen of the team went back to the pavilion very cheaply. But Labuschagne showcased a class inning and scored 108 runs and he was dismissed by Natarajan then Steve Smith was removed by Washington Sundar for 36 runs in his account. Matthew Wade and Tim Paine scored 45 and 50 runs respectively and the Young Green smashed 47 runs which helped Australia to reach 369 runs in the first innings.
The Indian first innings was a mixture of attack as well as defense as the sensational batsman Rohit scored 44 went back to the then Pujara and Rahane scored 25 and 37 runs respectively. Then it was the turn of the tail end of the team as Washington Sundar smashed 62 runs while Shardul Thakur scored 67 runs and help the team India to score 336.
Australia Padded for the second innings in the match and scored 294, David Warner and Steve Smith scored 55 and 48 runs respectively and set 326 runs as a target for the team India.
Then we witnessed historic innings as team India came out to beat Australia in the final hour of the day. Rohit Sharma was the man who dismissed in the early day but Shubman Gill and Pujara showcased the real class and both the players provided a big partnership for the team. Unfortunately, Gill was dismissed for 91 runs which is his career best but missed his century while Pujara scored 56 from 211 balls.
The in-charge of the team India Ajinkya Rahane went back to the pavilion after scoring 24 runs but the unbeaten Rishabh Pant helped team India to the victory as he scored 89 runs along with the company of Washington Sundar who scored 22 runs and registered three wickets victory.
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