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BCCI broadcasts Rs 5 cr bonus for Indian cricket staff, Jay shah lauds “outstanding display of character”

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New Delhi: BCCI secretary Jay Shah broadcasts that Board shall be giving a Rs 5 crore bonus to the Indian cricket staff as an injury-ravaged India staff retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Tuesday with a 2-1 collection win over Australia,
Jay Shah wrote, The @BCCI has introduced INR 5 Crore as staff bonus. These are particular moments for India Cricket. An excellent show of character and talent #StaffIndia #AUSvIND #Gabba

The @BCCI has introduced INR 5 Crore as staff bonus. These are particular moments for India Cricket. An excellent show of character and talent #StaffIndia #AUSvIND #Gabba
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) January 19, 2021

 
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly additionally took to Twitter to congratulate the Indian staff for attaining a outstanding feat.
“Just a remarkable win…To go to Australia and win a test series in this way ..will be remembered in the history of indian cricket forever ..Bcci announces a 5 cr bonus for the team ..The value of this win is beyond any number ..well done to every member of the touring party,” tweeted Ganguly.

Just a outstanding win…To go to Australia and win a take a look at collection on this approach ..shall be remembered within the historical past of indian cricket without end ..Bcci broadcasts a 5 cr bonus for the staff ..The worth of this win is past any quantity ..properly executed to each member of the touring get together..
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) January 19, 2021

On Tuesday, Australia’s fortress — The Gabba — was lastly breached. It took 32 years and two months, however the unthinkable was achieved as an injury-ravaged younger Indian staff beat Australia by three wickets in opposition to all odds within the ultimate Test of the collection at The Gabba.
The final time a visiting staff got here out triumphant from the Brisbane Cricket Ground was again in November 1988 when the mighty West Indian outfit below the management of Viv Richards thrashed Allan Border’s staff by 9 wickets. What makes the feat much more commendable is how the Indians fought a number of accidents and psychological fatigue – as a result of bio-bubble restrictions — to register a historic win.
Rishabh ‘nerves of steel’ Pant shall be forgiven for all of the errors he has made by the collection with wicket-keeping gloves in hand as every of the 89 runs that he scored within the ultimate hour on Tuesday was value its weight in gold. It was solely poetic justice that he hit a boundary to win India a thriller.

Coming again to the ultimate day’s motion, needing 69 to win going into the final hour, every other staff may need considered guaranteeing a draw first. But not this Indian staff which is crammed with children who imagine in backing themselves until the fats girl sings. With swashbuckling Rishabh Pant on the crease, Australia skipper Tim Paine had no possibility however to maintain the sphere open with males on the boundary. The wicket-keeper did take a couple of probabilities, however luck was smiling shiny and sunny on him and he made hay.
And when Washington Sundar hit Pat Cummins for a six and a 4 off the final two balls of the 93rd over, it was all the way down to 39 wanted off the final seven overs. From there on, it was a recreation tailored for T20 star Pant. He went for twin boundaries within the very subsequent over off Nathan Lyon and from there on, it was about simply not committing hara-kiri.

But it began with a 21-year-old Shubman Gill and a gritty Cheteshwar Pujara standing floor and stitching a gradual but regular 114-run partnership off 240 balls after Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 7 within the seventh over of the ultimate morning. The wicket of the skilled campaigner was simply the impetus the Australian bowlers wanted to start the day. But the duo of Gill and Pujara had different concepts.