IND vs AUS: Who won the match, who was the matchwinner and who was the troublemaker, who did the counter attack, the story of the historic victory

New Delhi. A 4-match Test series was played between India and Australia in 2020-21. All the matches were played in Australia. The first match was played in Adelaide. In the first day-night test played in Adelaide, India won the toss and decided to bat first. The Indian team scored 233 runs for 6 wickets on the first day. On the first day, Virat Kohli scored a brilliant half-century, he scored 74 runs. Pujara played an inning of 43 runs. Vice-captain Rahane also played an inning of 42 runs.

In the first innings of the second match, Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly against Australia and took a total of 4 wickets. Apart from this, Ashwin took 3 wickets and Siraj also took 2 wickets. The Australian team could score only 195 runs in the first innings. Ajinkya Rahane batted brilliantly and scored a century in the first innings for India. Mohammad Siraj took maximum 3 wickets in the second innings against Australia. While Ashwin, Jadeja and Bumrah took two wickets each. Umesh Yadav got a success. However, Umesh Yadav left the field due to injury on the third day of the match. India needed 70 runs in the second innings to win. Which India achieved easily.

The third match was played at Sydney Cricket Ground. Which was a draw. In this match, injured Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin batted for almost 3 hours and saved the match by playing 259 balls. , While batting, both Hanuma Vihari (23) and Ravichandran Ashwin (39) were injured, but both the players remained at the crease like a ‘wall’ and snatched the victory of Sydney Test from the jaws of Australia. Earlier on the fifth day, Rishabh Pant (97) and Cheteshwar Pujara (77) played brilliant innings. Virat Kohli did not play the third test.

In the fourth test match, Australia batted first and scored 369 runs. In response, India lost its 6 wickets for 186 runs. India could score only 336 runs in the first innings. Which included 62 and 67 runs of Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur respectively. India was still 33 runs behind. Australia scored 294 runs in the second innings. After which India got the target of 328 runs to win. India achieved this score with 3 wickets remaining. Shubhman Gill had scored 91 runs in the second innings, while Pujara had scored 56 runs and Pant had scored 89 runs.