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Australia 195/10 & 200/10 (103.1 ov)

India 326/10 & 70/2 (15.5 ov)

India won by 8 wickets

Player of the match: Ajinkya Rahane

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Australia 1st inning

195 / 10 (72.3 ov.)

BATSMAN

Joe Burns

c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah

Matthew Wade

c RA Jadeja b Ravichandran Ashwin

76.92

Marnus Labuschagne

c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj

132

36.36

Steven Smith

c CA Pujara b Ravichandran Ashwin

Travis Head

c AM Rahane b JJ Bumrah

41.3

Cameron Green

lbw b Mohammed Siraj

Tim Paine

c GH Vihari b Ravichandran Ashwin

34.21

Pat Cummins

c Mohammed Siraj b RA Jadeja

27.27

Mitchell Starc

c Mohammed Siraj b JJ Bumrah

87.5

Nathan Lyon

lbw b JJ Bumrah

117.64

Josh Hazlewood

Not out

400

Extras

14 (b 10, lb 0, nb 3, w 1)

Total

195 (10 wickets, 72.3 overs)

FALL OF WICKETS

10-1 (Joe Burns, 4.2), 35-2 (Matthew Wade, 12.5), 38-3 (Steven Smith, 14.3), 124-4 (Travis Head, 41.5), 134-5 (Marnus Labuschagne, 49.3), 155-6 (Cameron Green, 61.4), 155-7 (Tim Paine, 62.6), 164-8 (Mitchell Starc, 67.1), 191-9 (Nathan Lyon, 71.5), 195-10 (Pat Cummins, 72.3)

BOWLER

ECO

EXT

3.5

3.25

1.45

5.3

2.72

Mohammed Siraj

2.66

India 1st inning

326 / 10 (115.1 ov.)

BATSMAN

Mayank Agarwal

lbw b Mitchell Starc

Shubman Gill

c TD Paine b Pat Cummins

69.23

Cheteshwar Pujara

c TD Paine b Pat Cummins

24.28

Ajinkya Rahane

runout (TD Paine / Marnus Labuschagne)

112

223

50.22

Hanuma Vihari

c Steven Smith b Nathan Lyon

31.81

Rishabh Pant

c TD Paine b Mitchell Starc

72.5

Ravindra Jadeja

c Pat Cummins b Mitchell Starc

159

35.84

Ravichandran Ashwin

c Nathan Lyon b Josh Hazlewood

33.33

Umesh Yadav

c Steven Smith b Nathan Lyon

47.36

Jasprit Bumrah

c TM Head b Nathan Lyon

Mohammed Siraj

Not out

Extras

22 (b 12, lb 6, nb 2, w 2)

Total

326 (10 wickets, 115.1 overs)

FALL OF WICKETS

0-1 (Mayank Agarwal, 0.6), 61-2 (Shubman Gill, 21.6), 64-3 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 23.4), 116-4 (Hanuma Vihari, 44.4), 173-5 (Rishabh Pant, 59.1), 294-6 (Ajinkya Rahane, 99.5), 306-7 (Ravindra Jadeja, 106.5), 325-8 (Umesh Yadav, 113.6), 325-9 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 114.4), 326-10 (Jasprit Bumrah, 115.1)

BOWLER

ECO

EXT

2.96

2.04

27.1

2.65

Cameron Green

2.58

Australia 2nd inning

200 / 10 (103.1 ov.)

BATSMAN

Matthew Wade

lbw b RA Jadeja

137

29.2

Joe Burns

c RR Pant b UT Yadav

Marnus Labuschagne

c AM Rahane b Ravichandran Ashwin

57.14

Steven Smith

b JJ Bumrah

26.67

Travis Head

c MA Agarwal b Mohammed Siraj

36.96

Cameron Green

c RA Jadeja b Mohammed Siraj

146

30.82

Tim Paine

c RR Pant b RA Jadeja

11.11

Pat Cummins

c MA Agarwal b JJ Bumrah

103

21.36

Mitchell Starc

Not out

Nathan Lyon

c RR Pant b Mohammed Siraj

Josh Hazlewood

b Ravichandran Ashwin

47.62

Extras

8 (b 0, lb 5, nb 3, w 0)

Total

200 (10 wickets, 103.1 overs)

FALL OF WICKETS

4-1 (Joe Burns, 3.1), 42-2 (Marnus Labuschagne, 17.5), 71-3 (Steven Smith, 32.2), 98-4 (Matthew Wade, 43.6), 98-5 (Travis Head, 46.1), 99-6 (Tim Paine, 47.4), 156-7 (Pat Cummins, 82.5), 177-8 (Cameron Green, 90.6), 185-9 (Nathan Lyon, 96.4), 200-10 (Josh Hazlewood, 103.1)

BOWLER

ECO

EXT

Jasprit Bumrah

Umesh Yadav

3.3

1.43

Mohammed Siraj

21.3

1.7

Ravichandran Ashwin

37.1

1.91

Ravindra Jadeja

India 2nd Inning

70 / 2 (15.5 ov.)

BATSMAN

Mayank Agarwal

c TD Paine b Mitchell Starc

33.33

Shubman Gill

Not out

97.22

Cheteshwar Pujara

c C Green b Pat Cummins

Ajinkya Rahane

Not out

67.5

Extras

0 (b 0, lb 0, nb 0, w 0)

Total

70 (2 wickets, 15.5 overs)

DID NOT BAT

Rishabh Pant , Ravindra Jadeja , Hanuma Vihari , Ravichandran Ashwin , Jasprit Bumrah , Mohammed Siraj , Umesh Yadav

FALL OF WICKETS

16-1 (Mayank Agarwal, 4.2), 19-2 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 5.1)

BOWLER

ECO

EXT

4.4

4.67

2.5

1.76

Marnus Labuschagne

So the tough year that 2020 has been ends on a high for team India. On that happy note, the team of Shashwat and Prakhar will take your leave. The Sports Keeda wishes you a Very Happy New Year! See you at the start of the third Test. Goodbye.

The series is in the balance after two Tests. But more importantly, the cricket fans have been treated to two great and absorbing Tests. This Indian will be long remembered for Bumrah and Ashwin taking charge of the Indian bowling and restricting Australia to a mere 195. It was then followed by a stellar ton from Ajinkya Rahane and a fighting fifty from Ravindra Jadeja lower down the order. Those two innings gave India a handy lead of 130 runs. The bowlers unit sans Umesh Yadav came together once again to restrict Australia to 200. With 70 runs to win, it was only a matter of time when India capped off a famous win.

Virat Kohli has sent his wishes to the team.

What a win this is, absolutely amazing effort by the whole team. Couldn't be happier for the boys and specially Jinks who led the team to victory amazingly. Onwards and upwards from here 💪🇮🇳
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) December 29, 2020

Tim Paine: The team is pretty disappointed. We have played poor cricket. We were sloppy for a major part of the match. All credit to India. They forced us into committing mistakes with the bat, ball and also on the field. When you do that against a quality team like India, it costs you. But again, need to credit India. We have issues with the batting and need to get it rectified. We have seen the temperament that Green has shown. I wish he plays more games and he will only get even better from here on which is exciting. There is still some time for the third Test. We will stay together probably although some guys might get to play BBL games but mostly, we should be together.

Ajinkya Rahane: I am really proud of all the players especially the debutants. We have played really well. I want to give credits to Mohammed Siraj and Shubhman Gill. They have shown great character after the loss at Adelaide. Character is important for us. Character is especially important after we lost Umesh midway in the second inning. The plan to play five bowlers worked for us. We were thinking of having an all-rounder and Jadeja fits in the role. Shubman Gill, has good First-class career and in this match he has shown the intent to play shots at this level. Siraj has also shown that he can bowl with great discipline. It is really difficult for debutants to bowl with discipline but that is where I think the First-class experience comes in handy. The talk was all about showing the attitude and intent on the field. As I said, character. Adelaide was about one hour that took the game away from us. Lots to learn for even now. Australia applied themselves with their last five wickets. Umesh Yadav is recovering well, management and medical staff will take the call. We are excited about Rohit Sharma joins the squad now. I spoke to him yesterday.

Ajinkya Rahane, the Indian captain is also the Player of the Match. Rahane hit a stellar hundred in India's first inning.

This win would help the team and the team Indian fans to forget the lows of the Adelaide. India won this match in the absence of its regular skipper and the best batsman of the side. Also, India were coming into the Test on the back of a crushing defeat. Then midway through the Test India lost the service of one of its lead bowlers. The odds were stacked against the team and the team stood up to all the challenges.

Big day for Indian cricket.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 29, 2020

This is India's fourth Test win at Melbourne Cricket Ground. With four Test wins at MCG, this stadium becomes the most successful overseas stadium for team India. India's previous win at the Big G have come in 1971, 1981 and 2018.

No other player deserved to hit the winning run other than Ajinkya Rahane! India win the match by 8 wickets and level the series.

And Rahane takes a single and takes India to a great Test win!

15.5 Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, THAT WILL BE THAT! INDIA LEVEL THE SERIES! Back of a length delivery on leg stump. Rahane gets onto the back foot and just about manages to pull it past square leg for a single

15.4 Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, back of a length delivery on leg stump. Rahane sits deep in his crease and clips it straight to the fielder at square leg

15.3 Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, length delivery on middle stump. Rahane comes down the track and bunts it straight to the man at mid wicket

15.2 Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, OH NOT YET! Back of a length delivery on middle stump. Rahane gets onto the back foot and pushes it towards mid wicket before deciding against a dicey single

Indian players waiting by the dugout

15.1 Nathan Lyon to Ajinkya Rahane, back of a length delivery on off stump. Rahane goes back and defends it straight to the bowler. Anti climax!

Nine runs from the over.

Over: 15 | Summary: 1 4 1 0 0 3 Bowler: Score: 0/0