New Delhi. It is not easy to defeat Australia in its home. This team is counted among the strongest teams in the world. In its home, the Australian team is a lion and hunts everyone here. India turned all its claims upside down and defeated Australia in its home. This happened on this day and the ground was Sydney Cricket Ground. The last test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy was played between India and Australia which was a draw and India won the series 2-1.
After 70 years, India broke Australia’s pride by defeating it in a test series in its home. This happened during India’s tour of Australia in the year 2018-19. The last test of the series was played between 3rd and 7th January 2019 which was a draw due to rain. If this match was not a draw, the scoreline could have been 3-1.
Pant, Pujara’s wonder
India declared the first innings of this match at 622 runs for the loss of seven wickets. After this, the Australian team was bowled out for 300 runs in the first innings. Team India gave Australia a follow-on, but the second innings could not be played due to rain. Cheteshwar Pujara scored 193 runs in India’s first innings. In this innings, he faced 373 balls and hit 22 fours. Apart from him, Rishabh Pant scored 159 runs off 189 balls. In his innings, he hit 15 fours and a six.
These players also contributed
This was Pant’s second Test century on foreign soil. Apart from these two, Ravindra Jadeja and Mayank Agarwal scored half-centuries. Jadeja scored 81 runs off 114 balls with the help of seven fours and a six. At the same time, Mayank faced 112 balls and scored 77 runs with the help of seven fours and two sixes. In bowling, Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets for India. Mohammad Shami and Jadeja took two wickets each. Bumrah took one wicket. However, in this entire series, Bumrah took 21 wickets to his name.
