Cricket News Desk. The Indian team is currently on Australia tour in which it has come to play 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy against the host team. Team India performed brilliantly on the last two tours of Australia and won the Test series. While defeating Australia in a Test match at home is the most difficult task for any team, the Indian team managed to win the Test series and that too not once but twice in a row. In such a situation, Australia, for which the Ashes series is very important, would not want to give any chance to Team India to get back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The Kangaroo team had thought something similar on Team India's last Australian tour, when the series was tied at 1-1 and the last match was to be played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane, which is called the impenetrable fort of the Australian team. Facing Australia here was one of the toughest challenges for any team. In such a situation, saving the test match and then winning it was no less than a historic moment for Team India. Today in this episode, in the first episode of Cricket Talks with Sameep Rajguru, we are going to tell you the story behind Team India's victory in the Gabba Test match, the story behind this victory and where the Indian team got its inspiration from. We will tell you about it.
Team India taught Australia a big lesson from the Monkeygate scandal of 2008.
In 2008, when the Indian team toured Australia under the captaincy of Anil Kumble, the Test match played at Sydney ground in this series was surrounded by a lot of controversies, in which the biggest controversy was the decision of the umpires. Cricket world, Monkeygate scandal also happened. In fact, Andrew Symonds, who was a part of the Australian team at that time, had complained about Team India's off-spinner Harbhajan Singh calling him a monkey, which referee Mike Proctor later told him after the hearing in this match. Harbhajan was banned for almost 4 hours for three test matches for his racial remarks
Indian cricket fans expressed outrage over the incident, following which the BCCI decided to withdraw the team midway through the tour. Understanding the seriousness of the incident, former New Zealand judge John Hanson was called and the case was heard in Adelaide Court. It included Sachin Tendulkar along with Harbhajan from the Indian team while Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Andrew Symonds from the Australian team. During the hearing of the case, Sachin said in his statement that Harbhajan had definitely used abusive words but had not made any racial remarks. After hearing the case, the former judge ordered the decision of the three Test matches to be overturned and fined Harbhajan only 50 percent of his match fee as there was no concrete evidence of any kind.
This was a big victory for the Indian team, which gave a befitting reply to Australia, while it also showed a different kind of confidence in Team India, which then won the second Test match played in Perth. From here, a different face of the Indian team was seen on the field, which learned to answer Australia in its own language and due to this, a completely different atmosphere was seen on the field.
Indian team demolished Australian fort in Gabba
At the Gabba ground in Brisbane, where Australia had not lost since 1988, it seemed impossible for Team India to defeat them, that too with a team which did not have many big names at that time. Rohit Sharma has also been out of form in this series, while Team India's fast bowling attack was also completely inexperienced in the Gabba Test. However, the enthusiasm of the young players and the way Team India managed to draw the Sydney Test match boosted the confidence of all the players. In this match, Tim Paine, who is captaining the Kangaroo team, won the toss and decided to bat first.
The Australian team's first innings ended at 369 runs thanks to Marnus Labuschagne's century of 108 runs. Whereas in bowling for the Indian team, Natarajan, Shardul and Sundar took 3-3 wickets. In this match, when Team India came to bat in its first innings, it lost 6 wickets at the score of 186 runs. From here Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur not only handled the innings but also batted aggressively and took the Australian team closer to the score. In this match, the first innings of the Indian team ended on the score of 336 runs.
Siraj opened the front, Australia's innings ended at 294 runs.
Mohammed Siraj, who is currently an important part of the Indian fast bowling department, was then new to Team India and for him, the Brisbane Test has been the most historic match of his career so far, in which he helped the Australian team. 294 runs were scored in the second innings. Siraj also made Labuschand and Smith victims. Siraj took 5 wickets for 73 runs in 19.5 overs. Apart from this, Shardul Thakur also managed to take 4 wickets.
Gill showed the path to victory and Pant took it to the end.
Chasing the target in the fourth innings of a Test match is not an easy task for any team. The Indian team got its fourth title at the Gabba ground in Brisbane. The target to win the match was 328 runs. On the last day of the game, Team India had to score 324 more runs, Rohit Sharma's wicket fell on 18 runs. Australia from here during this test series
Cheteshwar Pujara, who troubled the no-bowlers, handled the innings at one end, while at the other end, young batsman Shubman Gill worked to maintain the pace of runs, leading to consecutive wins for the Indian team. Keep moving towards.
Gill 91 When Pujara returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 56 runs in 211 balls, the match could have gone either way, but this is where Rishabh Pant, famous for his fearless style, entered and he not only scored 89 runs. He returned with a win for Team India, not just by an innings, it was a historic win in the history of Indian cricket which completely shattered Australia's pride. Not only this, this victory was discussed a lot in the entire cricket world.
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