Team India was hailed by experts and fans on Twitter after they defeated Australia on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in Border-Gavaskar Trophy
India retained Border-Gavaskar Trophy by beating Australia in Delhi Test. AP
India spinner Ravindra Jadeja returned career-best figures of 7-42 to lead Australia’s hammering by six wickets inside three days Sunday to bring the hosts to a 2-0 Test series lead. Jadeja, a left-arm orthodox, teamed up with fellow spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to dismiss Australia for 113 in a morning session when the tourists’ batting imploded, thanks to an overused sweep shot on a tricky New Delhi pitch.
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The hosts romped to their victory target of 115 in the second session to guarantee them retention of the Border-Gavaskar trophy in the four-match series.
They have won their previous three series against Australia and are now close to securing a spot in the World Test Championship final.
India lost skipper Rohit Sharma, run out after a fluent 31, and Virat Kohli, who surpassed 25,000 international runs, stumped on 20.
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But Cheteshwar Pujara stood firm with 31 in his landmark 100th Test to steer the team home with a winning four as wicketkeeper-batsman Srikar Bharat, unbeaten on 23, looked on.
Nathan Lyon took two wickets to return a match-haul of seven.
The third match is in Indore from March 1.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to India retaining the Bord-Gavaskar Trophy:
Australia keeps surrendering in the pitches where it requires different set of skills. Disappointing. Well done team india ???????? #INDvAUS
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 19, 2023
Border-Gavaskar ???? stays with ????????
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) February 19, 2023
Australia have been a house of cards twice in the series now. So much to worry about and not as many options
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) February 19, 2023
From being out of action, to being at the centre of all the action ! 10 wickets in this match & 17 so far in the series ???? when he wields the bat it’s another success story ! A reliable match winner ???? Well done @imjadeja ???????? Congratulations boys – on to the 3rd ???????? @BCCI ????????
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) February 19, 2023
With 2-0 on the board, India has sufficient wins to make it to #WTC2023 final. Only wait is for SL to lose or draw one of its two Tests in NZ.
A 3-0 series win for India means even if SL wins 2-0 in NZ, India will still be in the final vs Australia. #IndvAus #SLvNZ
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) February 19, 2023
With AFP inputs
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