“You don’t just play and love Test cricket for nothing,” tweeted the great Vivian Richards.
You don t just play & love test cricket for nothing. Brilliant game. Congratulations India on the win, & Australi… https://t.co/KiIiMUErkk Sir Vivian Richards (@ivivianrichards) 1611043572000
A battered, bruised India lacked nearly all of their key personnel and complained vehemently about suffocating lifestyle restrictions coming into this Test. At one point, it looked as if the ‘Battle of Brisbane’ wouldn’t even happen, thanks to the pandemic.
Yet, brilliantly led by a calm, astute stand-in captain in Ajinkya Rahane, running on net bowlers, youthful adrenaline and the audacity of hope, ‘New India’ raided the ‘Gabbatoir’, a fortress which hasn’t been breached by any visiting side since 1988.
»Shardul Thakur Cheering on After Siraj s Maiden Five-wicket Haul at Gabba is a Viral Photo Worth Framing
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Shardul Thakur Cheering on After Siraj s Maiden Five-wicket Haul at Gabba is a Viral Photo Worth Framing
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Both Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur were eying their maiden fifer in the Test match cricket at the Gabba against Australia on Monday when the former ended up with the historic five-wicket haul.
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Indian pacers Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Siraj were both in the race for their historic maiden Test fifer on the fourth day of the final Test at Gabba against Australia as the duo ran through the entire Aussie batting order with an exception of David Warner s wicket scalped by Washington Sundar.
Speechless : Mohammed Siraj after another 5-wicket haul
Mohammed Siraj ended up being India s highest wicket-taker in the series with 13 scalps
Monday January 18, 2021 3:08 PM, IANS
Brisbane: Right-arm pacer Mohammed Siraj, who on Monday picked five wickets for 73 to become only the fifth Indian bowler to pick a five-wicket haul in a Test at The Gabba, has shown remarkable level of fitness throughout the four-match rubber against Australia.
Siraj has bowled 134.1 overs, the most by an Indian bowler in the current series which saw the entire frontline attack get benched due to injuries before the fourth and final Test even began.
Siraj ended up being India s highest wicket-taker in the series with 13 scalps. Add to that, he has manned the outfield energetically.
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Wriddhiman Saha, Prithvi Shaw are set to be benched in Boxing Day Test
The 2nd Test will begin on December 26 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha and young opener Prithvi Shaw are unlikely to be picked for the remaining Tests in Australia as India look to ring in wholesale changes after the batting debacle in Adelaide. It is understood that young Shubman Gill, after a couple of impressive knocks in the warm-up games, is seen as a replacement of Shaw as senior star Rohit Sharma will not be available until the third Test match in Sydney. With Saha s batting not giving any confidence to the dressing room, the team management will certainly look at Pant, who had scored a hundred Down Under during his previous tour, as keeping might not be a factor on pitches with firm and even bounce.