HIGHLIGHTS
• India beat Australia in the Second Test by 8 wickets.
• Ajinkya Rahane became the only player to hit a century till now in the full series. He became the Man of the Match.
• Debutant Siraj took 5 wickets in the match.
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| After Defeating Australia, Shubhman Gill and Ajinkya Rahane |
After a shameful defeat of India in the First Test, it was too difficult for India to bounce back in the Second Test and win the match. But although in the absence of 4 major players of India, India defeated Australia with a huge margin. Good captaincy skills were shown by Ajinkya Rahane in this match such as DRS Taking, Handling the innings and good selections of bowlers.
Playing XI of both teams
Australia
1. Joe Burns
2. Matthew Wade (wk)
3. Marnus Labuschagne
4. Steven Smith
5. Travis Head
6. Cameron Green
7. Tim Paine (c)
8. Pat Cummins
9. Mitchell Starc
10. Nathan Lyon
11. Josh Hazelwood
India
1. Mayank Agarwal
2. Shubhman Gill
3. Cheteshwar Pujara
4. Ajinkya Rahane (c)
5. Hanuma Vihari
6. Rishabh Pant (wk)
7. Ravindra Jadeja
8. Ravichandran Ashwin
9. Jasprit Bumrah
10. Umesh Yadav
11. Mohammad Siraj
Day 1
Toss
Australia won the toss and opt to bat first.
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| Siraj picked up his maiden Test wicket after getting Labuschagne before following it up with Cameron Green's wicket. |
Joe Burns and Matthew Wade opened for Australia. Australia lost their first wicket in the form of Joe Burns in the fifth over. Burns played 10 balls but can't score any run. Wade and Labuschagne scored impactful innings of 30 and 48 but apart from them, nobody can stand against the attacking bowlers of India. Labuschagne failed again and got dismissed nearing his fifty. Smith again flopped and was duck in 8 balls. Bumrah bowled amazing spells and took 4 wickets. Apart from him, Ashwin took 3, Siraj took 2 and Jadeja got 1 wicket.
Mayank Agrawal and Shubhman Gill opened for India. India can't get a good start as he can't score even a run by facing 6 balls. Shubhman Gill who was playing his Test debut scored a mighty inning of 45 runs.
DAY 2
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| Rahane led from the front with a resilient century forcing Australia onto the back foot as India took the lead. |
The second day was a great day for India as Rahane scored a century, and Jadeja scored a fifty. Rahane made good partnerships with Vihari and Pant. Vihari scored 21 runs and Pant scored 29 runs. After the second day, it was looking that India could easily score at least 350 runs.
DAY 3
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| Starc got Jadeja after which India's tail folded fairly soon as India were bowled out for 326 with a lead of 131. |
But in the first session of the Third day, Australian bowlers bounce backed and took some crucial wickets and restricted India in the score of 326.
Australia came to bat and Burns again flopped. Matthew Wade played an innings of 40 runs. Labuschagne who had scored runs for Australia in this series was also caught behind in the slips. Smith was out funnily. He shifted to hit an inside edge four towards his leg stump and got bowled by Bumrah.
DAY 4
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| India eventually chased the target down within 16 overs as they picked up an eight-wicket win. Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 35 with Rahane on 27. |
Youngster Cameron Green scored a favourable inning of 45 runs. The Tail-Enders of Australia (Cummins, Starc and Lyon) also couldn't make a huge lead for Australia and Australia was all-out in the score of 200 runs.
Out of form Mayank Agarwal again got dismissed for 5 runs. Pujara also was dismissed by Cummins very easily. But after that Australia can't stop India from winning the match as Gill and Rahane finally took India to the win.
Ajinkya Rahane said, "Really proud of all the players. Played really well. Want to give credit to the debutants Shubhman Gill and Mohammad Siraj, the character they showed after the Adelaide loss was great to see. Character was important for us, especially after losing Umesh in the second innings. That (five-bowler plan) worked well for us nicely. We were thinking of having an all-rounder and Jadeja has been brilliant for us. Shubhman, we all know his First-class career and in this game, he has shown the intent to play shots at this level. Has shown composure. Siraj has shown that he can bowl with discipline. It's really difficult for debutants to bowl with discipline but that's where I think the First-class experience comes in handy. The talk was all about showing the attitude and intent on the field. As I said, character."