India versus Australia 2nd Test 4th Day: India registers an historic comeback to win the 2nd Test

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The Indian Cricket Team registered a historic comeback to defeat Australia by 8 wickets on the fourth day of the 2nd Test match played at iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, MCG on Tuesday. With this win, India earned important points in the ICC Test Championship.

Starting on the overnight score of 133 for 6, Pat Cummins and Chris Green continued from where they left yesterday. The Indian bowlers surprised the Australian batsmen with bouncers making life tough for the hosts. A superb bouncer by Jasprit Bumrah ended Pat Cummins's innings. Cummins and Green added 57 runs for the 7th wicket.

Chris Green played with solid defensive technique as the pitch became good to bat on. The Indian bowlers continued their short ball barrage against Australian batsmen. Siraj dismissed Chris Green trying to pull a shot giving a simple catch to Ravindra Jadeja. Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc provided some resistance with solid defensive technique. Siraj got rid of Lyon with down leg catch as the umpires decided to extend the session for another half-hour.

The Indian bowlers tried everything against Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. Both batsmen survived a few anxious calls. R Ashwin got rid of Hazlewood who shouldered his arms going onto the stumps. India bowled out Australia for 200 with a modest target of 70 runs to win.

Shubman Gill started the innings off briskly with attacking stroke play and looked in fine touch. Mayank Agarwal’s poor form continued as he was dismissed by Mitchell Starc. Pat Cummins got the wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara to leave India in some trouble. The Indian captain Ajiyanka Rahane and Shubman Gill showed intent with aggressive strokes. Gill impressed with his stroke play making life tough for the opposition. It was an amazing performance by the Men in Blue as Gill and Rahane put on unbeaten 51 runs for the 3rd wicket to help India register a remarkable 8 wickets win.

India 326 in 115.1 overs ( Rahane 112, Jadeja 57, Gill 45, Starc 3/78, Lyon 3/72, Cummins 2/80) and 70 for 2 in 15.5 overs ( Gill 35*, Rahane 27*, Starc 1/20) beat Australia 195 in 72.3 overs (Marnus Labuschagne 48, Head 38, Bumrah 4/56, Ashwin 3/35) and 200 in 103.1 overs  ( Cameron Green 45, Matthew Wade 40, Labuschagne 28, Siraj 3/37, Bumrah 2/54, Jadeja 2/28) by 8 wickets.

For his match-winning knocks of 112 and 27*, Ajiyanka Rahane was named the man of the match award. India leveled the 4 match Test series at 1-1. The third Test match would be played from 7th January.



 






India register a historic win in the 2nd Test match at MCG 

 

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