India’s Ravichandran Ashwin, right, celebrates with teammate Shreyas Iyer, left, dismissing Australia’s Usman Khawaja, on day three of the third cricket Test match between India and Australia in Indore, India, Friday, March 3. , 2023. (AP Photo)/Surjeet Yadav)
The pair of Cameron Green and Usman Khawaja scored a century each and then Ravichandran Ashwin’s clever spin helped India bundle out the visiting team for 480 runs.
Visitors Australia posted a total of 480 against India on the second day of the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar series in Ahmedabad on Friday.
The Australian pair of Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green scored a century each, before India were once again outclassed by the touring team thanks to the clever spin of Ravichandran Ashwin.
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“The pitch was good to bat on. The class here is much fresher than before. We expected the wicket to play well but not as slow as it was”, Ashwin told the presser after the end of the second day’s play of the Fourth Test. said in.
“My chants have been much more penetrating than Bangladesh’s”, he said, reflecting on his performance in the neighboring country at the end of 2022, in which India claimed a 2–0 victory over the Bangla Tigers.
Ashwin further said that “the pace of the pitch allowed the batsmen to play off the backfoot,” Narendra Modi Stadium.
The Tamil Nadu spinner took six wickets in the first innings, including centurion Green, who scored 114 off 170 balls before falling victim to the Chennai bowler.
“The IPL auction tells you how the Indian fraternity rates Cameron Green, he is a once-in-a-generation cricketer”, Ashwin praised the 23-year-old, who got his maiden Test ton in Ahmedabad.
Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill saw off the day’s play as the hosts ended the second day at 36 for no loss before the umpire could drop the bails.
India trail the visitors by 444 runs and will have to deliver with the willow to pile up runs on the scoreboard, keeping the tourists under pressure.
“We need to bat really well, get a good score on the board. I’ll be cheering the batsmen”, said Ashwin.
India lead the four-match Test series 2-1 after their wins in Nagpur and Delhi. But, Australia managed to stage a comeback with their emphatic win in Indore that sealed their place in the World Test Championship final.
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