IND vs AUS: India wins the Delhi Test to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series, Jadeja-Ashwin shines
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IND vs AUS: India has also won the second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In this match played in Delhi, Team India defeated Australia by 6 wickets. India achieved the target of 115 runs for victory by losing four wickets in 26.4 overs. Cheteshwar Pujara, playing his 100th Test for the team, remained unbeaten on 31 runs. At the same time, captain Rohit Sharma also scored 31 runs in 20 balls. With this, India took a 2-0 lead in the four-match Test series.
India had defeated Australia on the very first day
In this match, the Australian team got off to bat first after winning the toss, but apart from Usman Khawaja (81) and Peter Handscomb (72), no other batsman could stand in front of the Indian bowlers and the Kangaroo team was all out for just 263 runs. Went. For India, Mohammed Shami took 4 wickets while Jadeja-Ashwin took 3-3 wickets. After this, Team India had also scored 21 runs on the first day without losing any wicket.
2️⃣-0️⃣ ✅@cheteshwar1 with the winning runs as #TeamIndia register a 6️⃣-wicket win in Delhi
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/hQpFkyZGW8#INDvAUS , @mastercardindia pic.twitter.com/1wrCKXPASU
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 19, 2023
Australia was dominating on the second day
From the beginning of the second day, the Australian spinners were seen dominating the Indian batsmen. At one time, Team India was in trouble after losing 7 wickets for 139 runs. From here, Akshar Patel and R Ashwin shared a 114-run partnership to get the Indian team out of this crisis. Due to this partnership, India scored 262 runs in the first innings. On the other hand, Nathan Lyon got 5 wickets and Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhneman got 2-2 wickets from Australia. Here Australia got a lead of 1 run, as well as its batsmen scored 61 runs by losing one wicket till the end of the day’s play.
India won the match by 4 wickets
On the third day, in front of the excellent bowling of Jadeja and Ashwin, the entire Australian team was reduced to 113 runs. In Australia’s second innings, Jadeja took 7 wickets and Ashwin took 3 wickets. However, chasing the target of just 115 runs, the Indian team got off to a bad start and KL Rahul (1) soon returned to the pavilion. Rohit Sharma continued batting fast. He had scored 31 runs in just 20 balls but was run out. India had lost two wickets for 39 runs. From here Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara took the Indian innings forward. Todd Murphy sent Virat Kohli (21) to the pavilion through stumping on a total of 69 runs. After this, Shreyas Iyer (12) also returned to the pavilion soon. From here, Cheteshwar Pujara scored an unbeaten 31 and KS Bharat’s innings of 23 not out gave India victory. With this, India has taken an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the four-match series.
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