Cheteshwar Pujara and Pat Cummins.
It is a noble gesture by the Pat Cummins-led team where the captain himself handed over the trophy to Pujara, a picture shared on social media platforms which is going viral.
The Australian team presented a signed jersey to Cheteshwar Pujara, playing in his 100th Test match, in a good gesture. It is a noble gesture by the Pat Cummins-led team where the captain himself handed over the trophy to Pujara, a picture shared on social media platforms which is going viral.
Meanwhile, Pujara, playing his hundredth Test match, hit the winning shot. However, he was dismissed for zero in the first innings.
Ravindra Jadeja completely exposed a technically weak and mentally weak Australian batting unit by taking seven wickets for 42 runs. India India retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy by winning the second Test by six wickets here on Sunday.
The Australian batsmen paid the price for some aggressive shot selection as Jadeja, who enjoyed a 10-wicket haul, combined with Ravichandran Ashwin (3/59) to bundle out the visitors for 113 in 31.1 overs in the morning session. The last nine wickets fell for 52 runs.
KL Rahul (1) cut a disappointing figure but the Indian batsmen showed how to play spin as the target of 115 was completed in 26.4 overs.
Cheteshwar Pujara had something to cheer about in his 100th Test as he remained unbeaten on 31 and hit the winning four. India now have a foothold in the final World Test Championship in June in England, taking an unassailable 2–0 lead in the four-match series.
This was India’s 100th win against Australia across all formats. The third Test will be played in Indore from March 1.
Starting the day at 61 for 1, Jadeja’s armball became a lethal weapon, dismissing five of Australia’s batsmen trying to play sweep shots of low-keeping deliveries on the Feroz Shah Kotla track on the third day.
Australia lost nine wickets for only 52 runs and it was not the pitch but the fear of the unknown that led to their downfall.
Steve Smith, Matt Renshaw, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins and Matt Kuhnmann were all guilty of playing ugly slog sweeps and some tried non-existent reverse sweeps on deliveries bowled over the middle or leg stump line.
In the process he was either bowled or given leg out as the deliveries started falling short.
Ashwin also played a completely supporting role as eight Australian batsmen failed to reach double figures except for the overnight pair of Travis Head (45) and Marnus Labuschagne (35), who counter-attacked with some success last evening. Was.
But it all changed in the morning session when Head got an off break from Ashwin and Kona Bharath took the lead behind the stumps.
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