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In the Indore Test, Australia defeated India by 9 wickets. India had given a target of 76 runs, which Australia achieved in the 75th minute of the start of the game. Travis Head played an innings of 49 runs. With this victory, the Kangaroo team returned 2-1 in the series of four matches. The last match of the series will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad from March 9 to 13.
After the defeat, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that it was the team’s decision to play on a spin-friendly pitch. We knew it would be challenging for our batsmen but we were fully prepared for it. However, the Bharti batsmen could not bat well in the innings.
On the third day, Australia was given a small target of 76 runs. However, Ashwin raised the hopes of the Indian fans by dismissing Usman Khawaja for zero on the second ball of the day. The Indian spinners were effective in the first 11 overs but the situation changed as soon as the ball changed in the 12th over. Earlier, the Kangaroos scored 13 runs. On the new ball, the Australian batsmen scored the remaining 63 runs in 7 overs. Marnus Labuschenne hit a boundary off Ashwin’s ball to win the team.
Earlier, India scored 163 runs in the second innings and took a lead of 75 runs while Australia scored 197 runs and was ahead by 88 runs in the first innings. India was reduced to 109 runs in the first innings.
On the second day, India’s second innings ended on 163 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara scored the highest score of 59, Shreyas Iyer 26, Ravichandran Ashwin 16, Virat Kohli 13 and Rohit Sharma could only score 12 runs. Australia’s Nathan Lyon top-scored with 8 wickets before Australia’s first innings ended on 197 runs. Australia started play ahead of the score of 156/4. Opener Usman Khawaja played an innings of 60 runs.
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The first day of the Indore Test was not a success. On this day, the Indian team was limited to 109 runs in the first innings. Then Australia scored 156 runs for four wickets in the first innings and took a lead of 47 runs. Ravindra Jadeja took all four wickets. He has taken 500 wickets in international cricket.
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