Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur
India vs Australia 3rd Test At Gabba: Gaba…… A ground in Brisbane, Australia where the victory won by the Indian team 3 years ago will be fresh in the mind of every Indian. In this match, young Indian players hunted kangaroos, where India registered a victory and shattered Australia’s pride. The Australian team was invincible here and defeating them was like a common man defeating an elephant with a washerman. But with youthful spirit and passion, Indian players performed such a miracle. The players did not give up till the last ball and defeated the Australian team by 3 wickets. In this match, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar emerged as the biggest heroes for the Indian team. These young players had achieved such a feat by winning, which even the biggest batsmen could not do. Now once again the Indian team is ready to take on Australia at the same historic Gabba Cricket Ground in Brisbane. Both the teams will play the third match of the series in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Gaba ground.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will have to do wonders with the bat.
The 6 star Indian players who were involved in the victory at Gabba in the year 2021 are not part of the Test squad this time. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul will have to take more responsibility with the bat. These players are also experts in defeating the opposing teams and have immense experience. In the last match, Rahul came to open with young Yashasvi Jaiswal. Whereas Rohit Sharma played in the middle order. The same plan can be adopted in GABA test also. Virat Kohli, one of the greatest batsmen in the world, will be desperate to play a big innings once. He has already brought the team out of difficult situations many times and when his bat works, Team India’s victory is certain. It is absolutely certain that he will land at number four.
All eyes will be on Nitish Reddy
How the Indian team scores will largely depend on the opening pair. Jaiswal had played an innings of 161 runs in the first test match and made the team the winner. He had an opening partnership of 201 runs with Rahul. Indian cricket fans will expect big innings from these two batsmen. The responsibility of wicketkeeper can be handed over to Rishabh Pant. His agility is visible on the field. When he is in rhythm, he can destroy any bowling attack. Whereas Nitish Reddy, who came lower in the order, has been successful in impressing with his batting. He was the highest scorer for the Indian team in both the innings of the second test and played innings of 42-42 runs. Now he will be desperate to play in Gabba for the first time.
Fast bowlers wreak havoc in Gabba
Gaba ground has always been no less than a paradise for fast bowlers. Where they get a lot of bounce and the ball swings a lot. The ball comes with great speed after falling. Here once again a charismatic performance will be expected from Jasprit Bumrah. If Team India has to hold on to the string of victory, then it is very important for them to continue. In the first match, he single-handedly led the team to victory by taking a total of 8 wickets. Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna will have to support him. These bowlers will have to expose the Australian batsmen and will also have to see how to stop Trawick Head. He played an inning of 140 runs in the second test. Now if Team India wants to gain lead in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, then it will have to win the Gabba Test at any cost. Apart from this, the victory will also keep alive the hopes of reaching the final of the World Test Championship. In this way, India can hit two birds with one stone.
Possible playing eleven of Indian team
Team India was struggling with injured players in the year 2021
Three years ago today in 2021, the Test match was played between India and Australia at Gaba ground. Then this was the last match of the series in BGT and the series was tied at 1-1. The Indian team was struggling with injured players. Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja were injured and superstar batsman Virat Kohli was also not there. In such a situation, it was becoming difficult to make the playing eleven of Team India. Somehow captain Ajinkya Rahane made the playing eleven for the match. Washington Sundar and T Natarajan made their debut in the match. Shardul Thakur, Natarajan, Washington and Mohammed Siraj were present in that Indian line up. These players did not have much experience and how would these players face the strong Australian batsman. This was the biggest question.
Australia had scored 369 runs in the first innings
In the match, Australian captain Tim Paine won the toss and decided to bat first. Then the newcomer Mohammad Siraj showed the way to the pavilion to the dangerous David Warner in the very beginning. After this, Shardul Thakur was also not far behind and he also took the wicket of Marcus Harris. By the score of 17 runs, the Australian team looked to be in trouble after losing both its openers. Then Marnus Labuschagne played an excellent inning of 108 runs and took the team to 369 runs in the first innings. T Natarajan, Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar took 3 wickets each for India.
Sundar-Shardul set the tone by scoring half-centuries
After this came the turn of Indian batsmen. In the first innings, Rohit Sharma (44 runs), Ajinkya Rahane (37 runs) and Mayank Agarwal (38 runs) made a good start, but none of these players could play a big innings and the team lost 6 wickets for 186 runs only. Given. In such a situation, India seemed to be lagging behind in the match. Then Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar emerged as trouble-shooters for Team India. These players played excellent innings and brought Team India back into the match and created a different kind of enthusiasm among the Indian fans present in the stadium. Sundar (62 runs) and Shardul Thakur (67 runs) were out after scoring half-centuries. Team India had got two such precious gems, who after bowling, could destroy a strong team like Australia with batting. These players rescued the team from trouble and took the team’s score closer to Australia. India scored 336 runs in the first innings. In this way Australia could get a lead of only 33 runs on the basis of first innings.
Playing 11 of the Indian team which won at Gaba ground
Mohammad Siraj showed his magic in the second innings
Then Mian Magic was seen in the second innings against Australia. When great cricket players like Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Matthew Wade could not stand in front of Mohammad Siraj. In the second innings, Siraj spewed fire with his balls, due to which the Kangaroo batsman could not escape. He took a total of five wickets and the entire Australian team was reduced to just 294 runs. Shardul Thakur supported him well and he took four wickets. In this way, Team India got a total target of 328 runs to win.
Shubman Gill played a strong innings
The Indian team had a very bad start while chasing the target. When explosive batsman Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring just 7 runs. After this, experienced Cheteshwar Pujara and young Shubman Gill took the Indian team forward. Pujara had established Angad’s feet at one end of the crease. On the other hand, young Shubman Gill hit many excellent shots and scored runs at a rapid pace. Pujara was playing his natural game and took his time while moving like a turtle. Then on 132 runs, Gill left Team India and returned to the pavilion and missed his century. But with his strong innings of 91 runs, he left Team India in a position from where it could win the match.
Indian star players who brought victory in Gabba out of test team
Rishabh Pant became the hero of victory
Later, captain Ajinkya Rahane came on the field and he too was out after scoring 24 runs. After this, Cheteshwar Pujara, the wall of the Indian batting order at that time, was also out after scoring 50 runs. Then the team score was 228 runs and half of the Indian team had returned to the pavilion. Due to this, clouds were seen looming over the victory of Team India and the victory was seen slipping from their hands, because Pujara was holding one end of the crease. Then Rishabh Pant played an inning of 89 runs while remaining not out. During this, he hit 9 fours and one six. He was successful in making Team India win. Australian bowlers could not stand before him. This victory was special in many ways, because at that time the Indian team was completely new and they had very little experience of playing Test cricket. The Indian team won the series 2-1 and the youth team hoisted the tricolor in Australia. Pant was given the Player of the Match award for his excellent performance.
Gaba ground is the stronghold of the Australian team
The Gabba Cricket Ground in Bisbane was the stronghold of Australia. Where it had not lost any test match since 1988. The Australian team has played a total of 62 Tests on this ground so far, out of which it has won 42 and lost only 10. For this reason the victory of the Indian team became even bigger. For the first time, India had broken the pride of Australia by registering victory in the Test on this historic cricket ground. This time also the Indian team will take the field to repeat the feat of three years ago.
Test record of Indian team at Gaba ground
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