Brisbane Test: Underdogs India breach Australia’s bastion, win collection 2-1

In a historic feat, a predominantly inexperienced Indian aspect defeated the Australian cricket workforce in its personal bastion on the Gabba cricket stadium in Brisbane.
With an aggressive batting masterclass from Rishabh pant and Washington Sundar, India chased down the mammoth goal of 328 runs with 3 wickets remaining. The temperament of the final day was set by Shubman Gill together with his essential 91 runs. It was adopted by the resilience and defensive gameplay of Cheteshwar Pujara. While skipper Rahane didn’t make it huge, a cameo by Washington Sundar and a stellar knock from Pant did the job for India.
India breaks Australia’s 32-year file
Australia remained unbeaten on the Gabba cricket floor since 1988, a file damaged by the superlative efficiency of the Indian workforce. The final time Australia had misplaced a match at Brisbane was towards West Indies when the latter managed to win the match with 9 wickets.
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The heroics of the Indian workforce in Border Gavaskar Trophy
When the Indian cricket workforce started its tour of Australia in November final 12 months, it could have by no means imagined that the workforce would finally be marred with accidents. As India went into the fourth and remaining Test match towards Australia within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Friday, the workforce was devoid of star gamers.
With skilled bowlers equivalent to Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and RS Ashwin nonetheless recovering from accidents, India desperately wanted the 29-year-old yorker specialist T Natarajan to return to the workforce’s rescue. Be it the bowling masterclass of T Natarajan or an all-round batting efficiency from Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar within the 1st innings, the inexperience Indian workforce got here collectively brilliantly to sprint Australian hopes within the remaining day of the collection.
With this victory, India has reached the highest spot of the ICC Test Championship rankings.