India vs Australia: India etch name in history with spectacular win at the Gabba

The hard-fought Test series between India and Australia ended in a grandstand finish as it boiled down to the wire and the visitors came up trumps in truly remarkable and unprecedented fashion. Australia had never lost at the Gabba in 32 years and the streak was finally broken by a brave effort from the Indian batters.

With the win, India sealed a 2-1 victory to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It was a stunning Day 5 effort that did it for India as the likes of Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant scored spectacular fifties. The win would undoubtedly go down in history as one of the most famous ones in history. Gabba 2021 will be spoken about for years.

Gill, Pujara, Pant hit fifties to win it for India

Earlier, India got off to a horror start on Day 5 as they lost opener Rohit Sharma for just 7 runs off a Pat Cummins delivery. His partner Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara were then involved in an excellent partnership with the latter contributing the majority of runs. He then fell short by 9 runs of a well-deserved century by getting out to Nathan Lyon. Ajinkya Rahane who followed and tried to up the ante didn’t last for long either.

Pujara and Rishabh Pant then put on a scintillating stand that raised hopes of an Indian victory. The runs kept coming and the Aussies’ chances of winning kept diminishing. The latter got to his slowest-ever fifty before getting out to Cummins after the final new ball was taken. Mayank Agarwal then flattered to deceive and it was left to Washington Sundar and Pant to try and force a result while the Aussie bowlers were on the hunt for the same.

The two lefties then threw everything at the Aussie and went after them. Two overs of Cummins and Lyon went for a total of five boundaries and the spell ensured India came close to a win. Sundar got out late with 10 runs required from just 4 overs and Thakur followed him with 3 more runs needed. Pant then hit a four down the ground as India invaded the field to secure one of their greatest Test victories.

Scores

Australia – 1st innings

Batsman	Mode of Dismissal	Runs	Balls
David Warner	c Rohit b Siraj	1	4
Marcus Harris	c Sundar b Thakur	5	23
Marnus Labuschagne	c Pant b Natarajan	108	204
Steve Smith	c Rohit b Sundar	36	77
Matthew Wade	c Thakur b Natarajan	45	87
Cameron Green	b Sundar	47	107
Tim Paine	c Rohit b Thakur	50	104
Pat Cummins	lbw b Thakur	2	8
Mitchell Starc	not out	20	35
Nathan Lyon	b Sundar	24	22
Josh Hazlewood	b Natarajan	11	27

Total – 369 all-out in 115.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets
Mohammed Siraj	28	77	1
T Natarajan	24.2	72	3
Shardul Thakur	24	94	3
Navdeep Saini	7.5	21	0
Washington Sundar	31	89	3
Rohit Sharma	0.1	1	0

India – 1st innings

Batsman	Mode of Dismissal	Runs	Balls
Rohit Sharma	c Starc b Lyon	44	74
Shubman Gill	c Smith b Cummins	7	15
Cheteshwar Pujara	c Paine b Hazlewood	25	94
Ajinkya Rahane	c Wade b Starc	37	93
Mayank Agarwal	c Smith b Hazlewood	38	75
Rishabh Pant	c Green b Hazlewood	23	29
Washington Sundar	c Green b Starc	62	144
Shardul Thakur	b Cummins	67	115
Navdeep Saini	c Smith b Hazlewood	5	14
Mohammed Siraj	b Hazlewood	13	10
T Natarajan	not out	1	9

Total – 336 all-out in 111.4 overs

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets
Mitchell Starc	23	88	2
Josh Hazlewood	24.4	57	5
Pat Cummins	27	94	2
Cameron Green	8	20	0
Nathan Lyon	28	65	1
Marnus Labuschagne	1	0	0

Australia – 2nd innings

Batsman	Mode of Dismissal	Runs	Balls
Marcus Harris	c Pant b Thakur	38	82
David Warner	lbw b Sundar	48	75
Marnus Labuschagne	c Rohit b Siraj	25	22
Steve Smith	c Rahane b Siraj	55	74
Matthew Wade	c Pant b Siraj	0	3
Cameron Green	c Rohit b Thakur	37	90
Tim Paine	c Pant b Thakur	27	37
Pat Cummins	not out	28	51
Mitchell Starc	c Saini b Siraj	1	4
Nathan Lyon	c Agarwal b Thakur	13	10
Josh Hazlewood	c Thakur b Siraj	9	11

Total – 294 all-out in 75.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets
Mohammed Siraj	19.5	73	5
T Natarajan	14	41	0
Washington Sundar	18	80	1
Shardul Thakur	19	61	4
Navdeep Saini	5	32	0

India – 2nd innings

Batsman	Mode of Dismissal	Runs	Balls
Rohit Sharma	c Paine b Cummins	7	21
Shubman Gill	c Smith b Lyon	91	146
Cheteshwar Pujara	lbw b Cummins	56	211
Ajinkya Rahane	c Paine b Cummins	24	22
Rishabh Pant	not out	89	138
Mayank Agarwal	c Wade b Cummins	9	15
Washington Sundar	b Lyon	22	29
Shardul Thakur	c Lyon b Hazlewood	2	3
Navdeep Saini	not out	0	0

Total – 329/7 in 97 overs

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets
Mitchell Starc	16	75	0
Josh Hazlewood	22	74	1
Pat Cummins	24	55	4
Cameron Green	3	10	0
Nathan Lyon	31	85	2
Marnus Labuschagne	1	4	0

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