AUSvsIND: Team India scripts history; goes against all odds to win Border Gavaskar series!

Brisbane, Jan 19: Bruised. Taunted. Battered. But the victorious Team India! A series that will go down in not only Test cricket history, but in the world cricket history. With no flamboyant cricketers and injuries damaging the momentum of Team India, it has made the world witnessed one of the most inspiring teams that were never seen before.

 

 

 

It took 32 years and two months, but the unthinkable has been achieved as an injury-ravaged young Indian team beat Australia by three wickets against all odds in the final Test of the series at The Gabba on Tuesday to take the series 2-1.

With the fourth day being suspended due to rain, it was Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, who started the last day. Though Sharma did not last long on the crease, Gill (91) played an impressive and steady inning. Following him was Cheteshwar Pujara who went for a half a century.

 

 

Besides, the real thrilling game started when Rishabh Pant came to the field and Washington Sundar joined him. With Sundar playing a fearless inning, it lessened the pressure off the Pant. They went against Aussie bowlers. Even though India lost frequent wickets in the end, Pant stood and delivered.

 

The last time a visiting team came out triumphant from the Brisbane Cricket Ground was back in November 1988 when the mighty West Indian outfit under the leadership of Viv Richards thrashed Allan Border's team by 9 wickets. What makes the feat even more commendable is how the Indians fought multiple injuries and mental fatigue - due to the bio-bubble restrictions -- to register a historic win.

 

 

 

Having already lost Ravindra Jadeja and Hanuma Vihari going into the final Test, Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin too couldn't get match-fit and that saw India field a bowling attack that was led by a two-Test old Mohammed Siraj. But the lion-hearted pacer rose through the ashes like a phoenix to show he belongs at the highest level.