BORDER GAVASKAR TROPHY 2021

 " THIS BORDER GAVASKAR TROPHY CAME AS A BLESSING FOR INDIAN CRICKET FANS NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS A THRILLING SERIES AND HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT WAS HAPPENING AFTER A LONG COVID BREAK"

 

The ODI series started with a loss for men in blue that shows that their is some rust in the form of the players but australia was as always looking at the top of their game, may be the reason was that international cricket came earlier for australian team as compared to the indian team . The indian team only got IPL to get into the groove of international cricket after a long covid break, but india did finish on a high with winning the last ODI of the 3 match ODI series. Also Thangrasu Natrajan made his ODI debut in the last match of this ODI series.

 

 

 

 The men in blue made a turn around in the t20's by thumping australia in the first two games and although it was brilliant team performance but Hardik Pandya's finishing abilities came in handy in this t20 series but Thangarasu Natrajan having a fairytale story from being a yorker king for IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad to getting selected as a net bowler in limited overs cricket and then getting into the side as a proper player due to the injury of Varun Chakravarthy. T Natrajan inclusion was a brilliant thing for indian team due to the fact that he was a left arm pacer and brings variety to the pace attack and secondly he had a brilliant IPL.

 

 

" IN THE MORDERN ERA OF CRICKET WE THINK THAT TEST SERIES IS LOSING ITS IMPORTANCE AND FUN BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE IF ANY PERSON HAVE WATCHED THIS SERIES, IT WAS SO THRILLING THAT EVERY MATCH CAN BE NAMED AS AN EPISODE OF A WEB SERIES"

 

 

 

 

 THE ADELAIDE HORROR SHOW

 

 

The first test match was a forgettable test match for indian cricket team which will not be forgetted by them or even by the fans for a quite a long period of time. Although the start of the match was fairly good for the indian team and then everything falls apart for them as the team got all out on merely 36 runs, everyone was shocked terrified and left stranded after the game ended. The pink ball test became a nightmare for them, basically the fans were scared that how this team could make a comeback against this strong australian side also without Virat Kohli and even the cricket experts have predicted that their is no chance of a comeback and a whitewash is on the cards for australia.

The skipper Virat Kohli did'nt left the australian soil without making a plan for the most epic comeback of his evidently fearless team.

THE MCG COMEBACK (BOXING DAY TEST)

The comeback was in the mind of indian cricket team but to make a comeback the most important thing is to forget about the things that happened in the past and that's what indian team does. The melbourne test comes up with the debut of two young talent Shubman Gill and Mohammad Siraj and both performed fairly well for the team but after getting Australia all out on 195 it was the innings of 112 runs by the skipper Ajinkya Rahane and the finishing role of Ravindra Jadeja in which he made 57 runs  that stand apart in the score of 326 piled up by team india which paved the way for an epic and a remarkable win against Australia by 8 wickets as india just got a target of 70 runs after getting Australia all out on 200 in second innings.

THE SYDNEY FIGHT BACK ( THE PINK TEST)

The series was leveled after an epic comeback of indian team in 2nd test match. This test match showed great fighting spirit by both the teams, for Australia Will Puckovski made a dream debut by scoring a firm 62 and for india Rohit Sharma made a comeback in test side after completing his quarantine. Apart from Puckovski another youngster who performed well was Cameron Green, Also Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith top performed for Australia and shut the mouths of the people who were doubting him. For India Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma and Cheteshwar Pujara performed brilliantly and Rishabh Pant's 97 was very entertaining which almost have set the stage for a victory of indian team but after his wicket India was left with only two options either to go for a draw and save the match or to go for a win and risk the match but india's batsman Ravichandran Ashwin and Hanuma Vihari went for the draw and took everything on their body and showed pure class and resilience against the mighty Australia.

 

 

THE GABBA CONQUERED

The final test match was a very interesting one because of many reasons. For Australia Marnus Labuschagne and Tim Paine played superbly in the first innings and almost set the stage for comfortable win for Australia but for India two youngsters Shardul Thakur and Washington Sundar stood apart against the Kangaroos they made sure that India did not finish far behind the Australians.

As the innings progressed the game become interesting in the second innings Australia managed to score 294 runs in second innings in which Steve Smith scored a 55 and Warner scored a 48 as major contributions as a bowler Siraj's fifer and Thakur's 4fer helped india to restrict Australia on 294 runs finally Australia gave a target of 329 runs on the last day of the match and then it was all about Shubman Gill's 91, Pujara's 56 and Pant's 89 which led to remarkable victory in Gabba for the Indian Cricket Team not only that it was after 32 years Australia was defeated on Gabba and the indian victory became remarkable as they won the Border Gavaskar Trophy for the third time.

" THIS TEST VICTORY SHOWED THAT INDIA IS READY FOR ANY CHALLENGE THAT CAME ACROSS THEIR WAY AFTER FIGHTING WITH SO MANY INJURIES THEY STAND APART AGAINST ALL THE ODDS"

 

 

 

 

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