New Delhi. As soon as India and Australia entered the competition for the Boxing Day Test, Jasprit Bumrah’s killer bowling in Melbourne came to mind. Bumrah, along with Siraj, had stopped Australia from crossing the 200-run mark not once but twice in Melbourne. After which Ajinkya Rahane, Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja reminded India by playing match-winning innings. Indian cricket fans are hoping that the Rohit brigade will repeat the same performance of 2020 in the fourth Test match starting from December 26.
There were not many players from today’s team in the Test match played in the year 2020. Virat Kohli had returned home due to personal reasons. Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami were also not with the team. Then under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane, India defeated Australia by 8 wickets. This victory was also important because Australia had all out India for 36 runs a few days ago. In such a situation, the victory of Team India filled the players with such enthusiasm that they returned only after winning the series.
In Bumrah’s over, not one or two, but 3 scoops and reverse scoops, 32 runs in 2 overs… 19 year old batsman increased his heartbeats.
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Australia defeated in Boxing Day Test
Coincidentally, like this time, it was also a Boxing Day Test. Australia’s then captain Tim Paine won the toss and elected to bat, but this decision suited India rather than the host team. India all out Australia for 195 runs on the very first day. Jasprit Bumrah played an important role in defeating Australia cheaply. He took 4 wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets, Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets and Ravindra Jadeja took one wicket.
India took a lead of 131 runs
India scored 326 runs in reply to Australia’s 195 runs. In this way he took a huge lead of 131 runs in the first innings. Ajinkya Rahane (112) scored a century for India. Ravindra Jadeja played excellent innings of 57 runs and Shubman Gill played excellent innings of 45 runs. Rishabh Pant scored 29, Hanuma Vihari scored 21, Cheteshwar Pujara scored 17 and Ashwin scored 14 runs.
Siraj dominates after Bumrah
Like the first innings, the Indian bowlers did not allow Australia to score big in the second innings also. This time he scored 200 while falling. This time Mohammad Siraj took maximum 3 wickets for India. Bumrah, Jadeja and Ashwin took 2 wickets each. One wicket remained in the name of Umesh Yadav.
Rahane innings expected from Rohit
India got the target of 70 runs to win, which it achieved by losing 2 wickets. Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 35 and Ajinkya Rahane remained unbeaten on 27 runs. Rahane was chosen player of the match for his century innings. After 4 years, Indian fans are once again looking towards their captain Rohit Sharma to play big innings and lead the team to victory like Rahane.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: December 26, 2024, 06:28 IST