India vs Australia: ‘This one of my biggest days in life’ – Rishabh Pant delighted following Gabba heroics

India vs Australia: ‘This one of my biggest days in life’ – Rishabh Pant delighted following Gabba heroics
Rishabh Pant

An enthralling day of Test cricket topped off a well-fought Test series as India emerged victorious with a gritty effort. After an eight-wicket mauling at Adelaide. The tourists bounced back, exactly a month following the infamous innings, to lift the prestigious Border Gavaskar Trophy. En route history at the Gabba, India pulled off two memorable performances in Melbourne and Sydney to set up the series finale.

Coming into the final Test, a bruised and batter India side struggled to put together a side for the game. But the rookie side didn’t only put up a good fight but went on breach Australia’s fortress Gabba. It took a highly depleted Indian side to break Australia’s 32 year-long undefeated streak at the Gabba. And what made the win special was the fact that it was engineered by the new generation of the Indian side.

It’s a dream come true

Rishabh Pant

While all the youngsters rose to the occasion, it was Rishabh Pant‘s resilience which saw the side over the line. Pant played an impressive knock of 89 on a weathered fifth-day pitch. And against a fiery attack as India chased down 324 on the final day. For his great display of gut and courage, the Delhi youngster was adjudged as the Man of the Match. And he hailed the final moment as a ‘dream come true’ for him.

“This one of my biggest days in life. The support the team has given me even when I was not playing has been incredible. It’s a dream come true. We’ve been practising hard after the first Test. The team management always backs me. And tells me you are match-winner and you have to go out there and win. And I am happy I did it today. It was a fifth-day pitch and the ball was turning,” Pant said after the game.

Barring Pant, young guns in Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur put in exceptional efforts to make the win possible. With the Test, India also clinched the series 2-1, making them the first Asian nation to win back to back Test series Down Under.

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