The Indian team is currently on a tour of Australia in which they have come to play the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy against the host team. Team India had a brilliant performance in the last two tours of Australia and won the Test series. While beating Australia in a Test match at home is the most difficult task for any team, the Indian team managed to win the Test series and that too not once but twice in a row. In such a situation, Australia, for whom the Ashes series is very important, will not want to give any chance to Team India to get back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The Kangaroos team thought something similar during Team India’s last Australian tour when the series was tied 1-1 and the last match was to be played at the Gaba ground in Brisbane, said to be an impregnable fortress of the Australian team. Facing Australia here was one of the toughest challenges for any team. In such a situation, for Team India to save the Test match and then win it was no less than a historic moment. Today in this episode, we are going to tell you the story behind Team India’s win in the Gabba Test match in the first episode of Cricket Talks with Sameep Rajguru, the story behind this win and where the Indian team got its inspiration from. We will tell you about it.
Team India taught Australia a big lesson from the Monkeygate incident of 2008.
When the Indian team toured Australia under the captaincy of Anil Kumble in the year 2008, the Test match played at the Sydney ground in this series was surrounded by many controversies, with the decision of the umpires being the biggest controversy. Cricket world, Monkeygate scandal also happened. In fact, Andrew Symonds, who was part of the Australian team at the time, complained about Team India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh calling him a monkey, which referee Mike Proctor later told him after a hearing in this match. Harbhajan was banned for three Test matches for almost 4 hours with allegations of racist remarks against him
Indian cricket fans expressed displeasure over the incident, after which the BCCI decided to recall the team in the middle of the tour. Realizing the seriousness of the incident, former New Zealand judge John Hanson was called in and the case was heard in the Adelaide court. This included Sachin Tendulkar along with Harbhajan from the Indian team while Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Andrew Symonds from the Australian team. During the hearing of the case, Sachin said in his statement that Harbhajan had definitely used profanity but had not made any racial remarks. After hearing the matter, the former judge ordered the reversal of the three Test match decisions and fined Harbhajan only 50 per cent of his match fee as there was no concrete evidence of any kind.
It was a big win for the Indian team who gave a jaw-dropping reply to Australia, while this also showed a different kind of confidence within Team India, which then won the second Test match played in Perth. From here, a different face of the Indian team was seen on the field, which learned to respond to Australia in its own language, and because of this, a completely different atmosphere was seen on the field as well.
The Indian team demolished the Australian fort at the Gabba
At the Gabba ground in Brisbane, where the Australian team had not lost since 1988, it did not seem possible for Team India to beat them, that too with a team that was missing many big names at that time. Rohit Sharma has also been out of form in this series, while Team India’s fast bowling attack was also completely inexperienced in the Gabba Test. However, the enthusiasm of the young players and the way Team India managed to draw the Sydney Test match gave a lot of confidence to all the players. Tim Paine, who is captaining the Kangaroo team in this match, won the toss and decided to bat first.
The Australian team’s first innings ended on 369 with Marnus Labusche scoring a 108-run century. While from the Indian team, Natarajan, Shardul and Sundar took 3 wickets each in bowling. When Team India came to bat in their first innings in this match, they lost 6 wickets for a score of 186 runs. From here, Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur not only handled the innings but also batted aggressively and took the Australian team closer to the score. In this match, the Indian team’s first innings ended on a score of 336 runs.
Siraj opened his clutch, Australia’s innings ended on 294 runs.
Mohammad Siraj, who is currently an important part of the Indian fast bowling department, was then new to Team India and for him the Brisbane Test has been the most historic match of his career so far, in which he helped the Australian team. 294 runs were scored in the second innings. Siraj also preyed on Labuschenne and Smith. Siraj took 5 wickets for 73 runs in 19.5 overs. Apart from this, Shardul Thakur also managed to take 4 wickets.
Gill showed the way to victory and Pant took it to the end.
Chasing down the target in the fourth innings of a Test match is not an easy task for any team. The Indian team got a target of 328 runs to win in the fourth innings at the Gabba ground in Brisbane. On the final day of play, Team India had to score 324 more runs, with Rohit Sharma’s wicket falling for 18. From here, Cheteshwar Pujara, who has troubled Australia’s bowlers during this Test series, took charge of the innings from one end, while from the other end, young batsman Shubman Gill worked to maintain the run rate, which led to the Indian team winning consecutively. Keep moving towards.
Gill 91 When Pujara returned to the pavilion with an innings of 56 off 211 balls, the match could have gone either way, but this is where Rishabh Pant, known for his fearless style, made an entry and not only scored 89 runs. He came back with not just an innings but a victory for Team India, a historic victory in the history of Indian cricket that completely shattered Australia’s pride. Not only this, this victory was much discussed in the entire cricket world.
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