India vs Australia: Pakistan cricket legends extol India’s historic win

The win tastes exceptional when your biggest rivals acknowledge your remarkable efforts! A similar thing happened after India’s historic win at the Gabba, where Pakistan’s former players- Wasim Akram and Shahid Afridi congratulated Team India on their achievement.

As India piped Australia by three wickets in the fourth Test match in Brisbane, India won the series 2-1 and retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Truly, India made a solid comeback and notched the limelight.

“Incredible Test & series win for India have not seen a bold, brave & boisterous Asian team on a tougher tour of Australia. No adversity could stop them, frontline players injured, & won after a remarkable turn around from the depths of 36 all out, inspiring for others.kudos India (sic),” Wasim Akram said.

Incredible Test & series win for India have not seen a bold, brave & boisterous Asian team on a tougher tour of Australia. No adversity could stop them, frontline players injured, & won after a remarkable turn around from the depths of 36 all out, inspiring for others.kudos India
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) January 19, 2021

“Incredible performance India! Despite so many injuries and setbacks India have pulled off an astonishing series win. Congratulations to Indian team, this series will be remembered for a long time ,” tweeted Shahid Afridi.

Incredible performance India! Despite so many injuries and setbacks India have pulled off an astonishing series win. Congratulations to Indian team, this series will be remembered for a long time?
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) January 19, 2021

India went down to chase 324 runs on the last day of the fourth Test match in Brisbane, the unbelievable amid the talks of drawn series prevailing then.

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