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Jasprit Bumrah and Akashdeep saved India from follow-on by making a game-changing partnership for the 10th wicket.
The third test between India and Australia was drawn in Brisbane. Akashdeep and Jasprit Bumrah played important roles for India in making it a draw. Both of them made a partnership of 47 runs for the 10th wicket and saved India from follow-on.
If Team India had played follow-on and got all out early in the second innings, Australia would have had a golden opportunity to achieve the target and win. However, due to their partnership, Australia had to come out to bat in the second innings and India got better time to save the match.
India crossed the barrier of first 3 tests This partnership of Akash-Bumrah can change the momentum of the entire series. The series is tied at 1-1 and currently Australia is in the dominating position. India won the Perth Test, while Australia won in Adelaide. Even after the Brisbane Test was drawn, the Kangaroo team had the lead in most of the match. Despite this the series is on par.
Australia had also scheduled this BGT with the same plan that they would capture the trophy by defeating India in the first 3 matches, because India’s record at all the three venues of the match was not special, but after the end of 3 matches, Series 1. It is still tied at -1. That means India has passed the difficult phase.
India has not lost in Melbourne-Sydney in last 10 years The fourth Test of the series will be played in Melbourne and the fifth Test in Sydney. Team India’s record is better here. Since 2014, India has not lost a single Test at these two venues. The team played 6 matches here, won 2 and drew 4. Both wins came in Melbourne, where the next match is also held.
Both wins in Melbourne came on the last 2 tours. India won under the captaincy of Virat Kohli in 2018 and Ajinkya Rahane in 2021. After both the wins, the series was also in favor of India. The last four matches in Sydney were draws. In 2018, India came close to victory, but the home team was saved due to rain. Whereas in 2021, India had drawn the match with excellent batting.
India has played 27 Tests so far in Melbourne and Sydney, out of which the team won 5 and 9 were drawn, while the team lost 13 matches. The special thing is that Asian teams play well at both the venues. Here Pakistan has also won 4 tests.
Victory in Gabba was very important for Australia Gaba test was a draw. This happened only for the 7th time in the 21st century, when the Australian team could not win the Brisbane Test in any series. Earlier, when this happened 6 times, the team could not even win the series. The team also had to lose the series three times. In 2021, India defeated the Kangaroo team by 3 wickets in the Brisbane Test and won the series 2-1.
Results of the series whenever Australia did not win in Brisbane since 2000:
- 2001: New Zealand drew the test, the 3 match series was drawn 0-0.
- 2003: India drew the test, the 4 match series was drawn 1-1.
- 2010: England drew the Test, Australia lost the Ashes 1-3.
- 2012: South Africa drew the test, Australia lost the 3-match series 0-1.
- 2021: India won the test, Australia lost the 4-match series 1-2.
- 2024: West Indies won the test, the 2 match series was drawn 1-1.
3 game changing moments of Indian players in BGT
1. Laxman forgot to follow on to Australia In 2001, Australia had made a record of winning 15 consecutive Tests. The team toured India and won the first test in Mumbai. The second test was held in Kolkata, the Kangaroos scored 445 runs and India could score only 171 runs. Here Australia gave follow-on to India.
India lost 4 wickets for 232 runs, here VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid survived. Dravid scored 180 and Laxman scored 281 runs, taking the score to 657. India won the match by 171 runs, broke Australia’s winning streak and also won the series 2–1. After this, Australia stopped giving follow-on in the Test.
2. After all out on 36, Rahane equalized Team India went to Australia in the 2020-21 BGT. Team India was all out for 36 runs in Adelaide Test, Australia took 1-0 lead in the series. Captain Virat Kohli returned to India due to personal reasons, Ajinkya Rahane had to take over the captaincy. Team India was under pressure and the next match was held in Melbourne.
Jasprit Bumrah took 4 wickets and restricted Australia to 195 runs. Most of the batsmen from India flopped, but Ajinkya Rahane scored a century and took India to 326 runs. Rahane hit the winning shot in the second innings and boosted the morale of Team India which was facing pressure. The series became level at 1-1.
3. Sydney Test created a script for series victory The third test in the 2021 BGT itself took place in Sydney. Australia scored 338 runs in the first innings, India could score only 244 runs. Australia scored 312 runs in the second innings and gave India a target of 407 runs. There were 131 overs of play left and India lost 3 wickets for 102 runs.
From here Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pant played game changing innings. The ball was bouncing dangerously on the pitch on the last day. Pujara played 205 balls despite suffering continuous injuries. He scored 77 runs, with his support Rishabh Pant quickly scored 97 runs at the other end. The team was getting closer to victory, when Pant and Pujara were out.
5 wickets fell for 272 runs. 135 more runs were needed, but Hanuma Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin were injured. Both of them batted 42.2 overs and despite being continuously hit by balls on the body, the match was drawn. The series was tied at 1-1. India won the fourth Test in Brisbane with the innings of Shubhman Gill, Pujara and Pant and also won the series 2-1.
