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Pant's bravery and Pujara's patience helped India break Australia's pride

Harshad Dewangan 09 January 2025

It is not easy to defeat Australia in its home. This team is considered one of the strongest teams in the world. The Australian team is a lion in its home and hunts everyone here.

India had turned all its claims upside down and defeated Australia in its own home. This happened on this day and the venue was Sydney Cricket Ground.

The last test match of Border-Gavaskar Trophy was played between India and Australia which was a draw and India won the series 2-1.

India broke the pride of Australia by defeating them in a test series in their home after 70 years. This happened during India's tour of Australia in 2018-19. The last test of the series was played between 3rd and 7th January 2019 which was a draw due to rain. If this match was not a draw, the scoreline could have been 3-1.

Amazing performance of Pant, Pujara

India declared the first innings of this match at 622 runs for the loss of seven wickets. After this, the Australian team was bowled out for 300 runs in the first innings. Team India gave Australia a follow-on, but the second innings could not be played due to rain. Cheteshwar Pujara scored 193 runs in India's first innings. In this innings, he faced 373 balls and hit 22 fours. Apart from him, Rishabh Pant scored 159 runs in 189 balls. In his innings, he hit 15 fours and a six.

These players also contributed.

This was Pant's second Test century on foreign soil. Apart from these two, Ravindra Jadeja and Mayank Agarwal scored half-centuries. Jadeja scored 81 runs in 114 balls with the help of seven fours and a six. At the same time, Mayank faced 112 balls and scored 77 runs with the help of seven fours and two sixes. In bowling, Kuldeep Yadav took five wickets for India. Mohammed Shami, Jadeja took two wickets each. Bumrah took one wicket. However, in this entire series, Bumrah took 21 wickets to his name.

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