India Vs Australia 2nd Test 17 February 2023

2nd Test • Arun Jaitley Stadium • Delhi

Australia

263 & 113/10 (31.1)

India

262 & 118/4 (26.4)

IND won by 6 wickets

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Player of the Match Ravindra Jadeja

26(74)

3/68 & 7/42

AUS 1st

IND 1st

AUS 2nd

IND 2nd

Info

Australia 1st Innings

263/10 (78.4)

Batters

David Warner

34.09

c Bharat b Shami

Usman Khawaja

125

64.80

c Rahul b Jadeja

Marnus Labuschagne

72.00

lbw b Ashwin

Steven Smith

0.00

c Bharat b Ashwin

Travis Head

40.00

c Rahul b Shami

Peter Handscomb

142

50.70

Not out

Alex Carey

0.00

c Kohli b Ashwin

Pat Cummins

55.93

lbw b Jadeja

Todd Murphy

0.00

b Jadeja

Nathan Lyon

38.46

b Shami

Matthew Kuhnemann

50.00

b Shami

Extras

(B: 13, LB: 1, NB: 2, W: 0)

TOTAL

(78.4 Ov, RR: 3.34)

263/10

Did not Bat

Matt Renshaw

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammad Shami

14.4

4.09

Mohammed Siraj

3.00

Ravichandran Ashwin

2.71

Ravindra Jadeja

3.24

Axar Patel

2.83

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

David Warner

c Bharat b Shami

1-50

15.2

Marnus Labuschagne

lbw b Ashwin

2-91

22.4

Steven Smith

c Bharat b Ashwin

3-91

22.6

Travis Head

c Rahul b Shami

4-108

31.2

Usman Khawaja

c Rahul b Jadeja

5-167

45.5

Alex Carey

c Kohli b Ashwin

6-168

46.6

Pat Cummins

lbw b Jadeja

7-227

67.2

Todd Murphy

b Jadeja

8-227

67.6

Nathan Lyon

b Shami

9-246

74.2

Matthew Kuhnemann

b Shami

10-263

78.4

India 1st Innings

262/10 (83.3)

Batters

Rohit Sharma

46.38

b Lyon

KL Rahul

41.46

lbw b Lyon

Cheteshwar Pujara

0.00

lbw b Lyon

Virat Kohli

52.38

lbw b Kuhnemann

Shreyas Iyer

26.67

c Handscomb b Lyon

Ravindra Jadeja

35.14

lbw b Murphy

Kona Srikar Bharat

50.00

c Smith b Lyon

Axar Patel

115

64.35

c Cummins b Murphy

Ravichandran Ashwin

52.11

c Renshaw b Cummins

Mohammad Shami

22.22

b Kuhnemann

Mohammed Siraj

25.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 8, LB: 11, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(83.3 Ov, RR: 3.14)

262/10

Bowlers

EXT

Pat Cummins

3.15

Matthew Kuhnemann

21.3

3.35

Nathan Lyon

2.31

Todd Murphy

2.94

Travis Head

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

KL Rahul

lbw b Lyon

1-46

17.1

Rohit Sharma

b Lyon

2-53

19.2

Cheteshwar Pujara

lbw b Lyon

3-54

19.4

Shreyas Iyer

c Handscomb b Lyon

4-66

25.2

Ravindra Jadeja

lbw b Murphy

5-125

46.5

Virat Kohli

lbw b Kuhnemann

6-135

49.3

Kona Srikar Bharat

c Smith b Lyon

7-139

50.5

Ravichandran Ashwin

c Renshaw b Cummins

8-253

80.2

Axar Patel

c Cummins b Murphy

9-259

81.6

Mohammad Shami

b Kuhnemann

10-262

83.3

Australia 2nd Innings

113/10 (31.1)

Batters

Usman Khawaja

46.15

c Iyer b Jadeja

Travis Head

93.48

c Bharat b Ashwin

Marnus Labuschagne

70.00

b Jadeja

Steven Smith

47.37

lbw b Ashwin

Matt Renshaw

25.00

lbw b Ashwin

Peter Handscomb

0.00

c Kohli b Jadeja

Alex Carey

70.00

b Jadeja

Pat Cummins

0.00

b Jadeja

Nathan Lyon

38.10

b Jadeja

Todd Murphy

21.43

Not out

Matthew Kuhnemann

0.00

b Jadeja

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(31.1 Ov, RR: 3.63)

113/10

Did not Bat

David Warner

Bowlers

EXT

Ravichandran Ashwin

3.69

Mohammad Shami

5.00

Ravindra Jadeja

12.1

3.45

Axar Patel

2.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Usman Khawaja

c Iyer b Jadeja

1-23

5.5

Travis Head

c Bharat b Ashwin

2-65

12.6

Steven Smith

lbw b Ashwin

3-85

18.6

Marnus Labuschagne

b Jadeja

4-95

21.4

Matt Renshaw

lbw b Ashwin

5-95

22.6

Peter Handscomb

c Kohli b Jadeja

6-95

23.1

Pat Cummins

b Jadeja

7-95

23.2

Alex Carey

b Jadeja

8-110

27.1

Nathan Lyon

b Jadeja

9-113

29.5

Matthew Kuhnemann

b Jadeja

10-113

31.1

India 2nd Innings

118/4 (26.4)

Batters

Rohit Sharma

155.00

runout (Carey / Handscomb)

KL Rahul

33.33

c Carey b Lyon

Cheteshwar Pujara

41.89

Not out

Virat Kohli

64.52

st Carey b Murphy

Shreyas Iyer

120.00

c Murphy b Lyon

Kona Srikar Bharat

104.55

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(26.4 Ov, RR: 4.43)

118/4

Did not Bat

Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj

Bowlers

EXT

Matthew Kuhnemann

5.43

Nathan Lyon

4.08

Todd Murphy

6.4

3.30

Travis Head

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

KL Rahul

c Carey b Lyon

1-6

1.1

Rohit Sharma

runout (Carey / Handscomb)

2-39

6.5

Virat Kohli

st Carey b Murphy

3-69

18.2

Shreyas Iyer

c Murphy b Lyon

4-88

21.4

Match Info

Date & Time

17 Feb, 09:30 AM IST

Venue

Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Match

2nd Test,

Australia tour of India

Umpires

Nitin Menon (India), Michael Gough (England), Richard Illingworth (England, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Pitch Report

Batting friendly pitch with some help available for spinners

Toss

Australia elected to bat

1 4 0 0 0 1

Over 24

Runs: 6

0 4 0 0 0 4

Over 25

Runs: 8

0 0 1 6 1 1 0

Over 26

Runs: 9

0 0 0 0 4 0

Over 27

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Ravindra Jadeja

26(74)

3/68 & 7/42

Analysis

Commentary

So, that will be all from the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi! The crowds on all three days were fantastic, showing just why Test cricket in India is so much loved and so well followed! Very few expected the match to finish this early but India will not complain, having both out-bowled and out-batted Australia. They now take a 2-0 lead in the series, retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. If they win one more match out of the remaining two, they qualify for the World Test Championship Final! As for the visitors, they have a lot of soul-searching to do. Selection issues and batting issues are pretty evident for Pat Cummins and his side. If they do not get their problems sorted, a whitewash cannot be ruled out! Right then, that will be all from this Test match. But do join us again on the 1st of March, for the start of the 3rd game of the series, in Indore. This is the trio of Pratyush, Soorya and Bidipto, saying good bye. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Ravindra Jadeja has been adjudged the Player of the Match! Here is what he has to say.

Ravindra Jadeja: (First thoughts) I was enjoying my bowling. On a pitch like this, that keeps low, I like bowling a lot. (On his expectations of the Australian batters' approach) I knew that the Australians would play their sweeps and reverse sweeps, so was ready for that right through. Actually, last night itself, they had kind of signaled their intentions of sweeping a lot. To be honest, (On whether he would prefer batters sweeping against him) I won't fancy batters sweeping the balls against my bowling on a pitch like this!

Rohit Sharma (India captain): (On how he feels about this win) Fantastic result! Looking at how things were yesterday, I thought that even after being behind by only 1 run, we were in a tricky position. But this win, after this incredible performance today, was really, really special! (On today's bowling effort by the Indian spinners) We know that on this pitch, we have to try things slightly differently by thinking differently. So Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja expected their batters to try the sweep shot a lot more. The plans were in place for that, and with these two guys being masters of these conditions, we kept patience, kept things quiet, and kept taking wickets one after another. (On today's batting approach) In a Test match on a pitch like this, it is all about making sure that the runs keep coming, no matter what. We did that really well in this second innings, using our feet well enough to both go back and come forward. That worked out really well.

Pat Cummins (Australia captain): I thought 263 was a decent score on that first day wicket. I thought the guys bounced back well after Nagpur. They batted quite well. Their innings probably matched our innings. One or two partnerships and suddenly you can get up to that 260-mark quickly. At the innings break it was quite even. (On this morning) Disappointing when we were 2 for 80 odd. The pressure was right on them. I think we'll have a review over the next few days on what we could have done differently. Pretty similar to how we played in Nagpur. (On batters deploying the sweep a lot) Everyone's up to having control over their own game. You're going to have some balls having your name. Ash and Jadeja bowled really well. We'll have a review on the shot selection. Both disappointing. This one in particular, being ahead of the game for a lot of it, it doesn't come often in India and you've got to grab them. So pretty disappointing.

Cheteshwar Pujara: It's been a great Test match. Unfortunately, I didn't get a lot of runs in the first innings. It's a special feeling (playing 100 Tests). My family has been watching the game. I was a bit nervous. It feels very special that we've won the game and to score the last boundary. We're very well-balanced in the series. (Saurashtra winning the Ranji title) Congrats to all the guys. I was following the scores but haven't done since Lunch. It's a great achievement. It's our second title in the last four years, with great effort from the team. (3rd innings) I thought we might end up chasing something close to 200-250 and we were prepared for that. It didn't go our way yesterday and we were disappointed because we conceded too many runs. If you look at this pitch, it's not an ideal shot (sweep) to play because of the low bounce. (Not playing the sweep as much) It is difficult, but that's my game. I try to use my feet as much as possible and that helps me a lot. You need to get used to the pitch initially and you just need to figure out a way to see which ones keep low and which ones turn. Once you play around 30-40 balls, you are more set. The new ball was a lot more challenging but that isn't the case with the old ball.

India win by 6 wickets!

Australia - 263 and 113 || India - 262 and 118/4

Usman Khawaja - 81 (125) and 6 (13) | Nathan Lyon - 5/67 and 2/49
Axar Patel - 74 (115) | Ravindra Jadeja - 3/68 and 7/42

When play began this morning, there was no surety as to which way the match was heading. People were talking about a lead of 200 or more for Australia, good enough to take the match away from the hosts. The batting from the visitors last night was good too. With 9 wickets in hand, there was a lot more to worry about for India.

But what happened in the first session, changed the entire complexion of the game! India's spin bowling duo of Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja finished off the visitors in a jiffy, and the tactics from Australia to sweep their way out of trouble, came back to haunt them!

The away team were dismissed with a platry total of 113, meaning that India would need only 115 runs to win. India did lose the early wicket of KL Rahul but then, in the second session, came out positive and full of intent to score, to knock the remaining runs over and bring up their 100th win against Australia in international cricket.

The footwork from the Indian batters - both while going back to defend, pull or cut, and while stepping forward to charge the bowling or drive off the front foot - was absolutely decisive. And the technique to play against the spin was first-class!

Rohit Sharma got things off to a fantastic start, not sparing any ball that was pitched further than the short length. Even after his run out, the batters continued to keep the runs coming and not get bogged down at any stage.

The pitch was never easy to bat on. Spin played a part on it right through the match. But the masterclass India put up today to play spin, was just amazing! Pat Cummins' field placements were also questionalbe. He had far too many fielders in the deep, helping the Indians pick up easy singles. Had the target been 200 or more, it could make sense. But with only 115 to defend, not having more fielders attacking, was surprising.

Virat Kohli brought up his 25000th international run, becoming the fastest to get that landmark in terms of innings. Kona Srikar Bharat was impressive towards the end, playing some fine shots and staying unbeaten in the end. Last but not the least, Cheteshwar Pujara held fort and took India to victory, by staying not out, in his 100th Test's second innings!

27.0

26.4 Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, FOUR! So fittingly, Pujara hits the winning runs to ensure India retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy! There's a wide grin on his face and why shouldn't there be? He's been a warrior for the side and deserves every bit of the applause he's getting! Tossed up on the off-stump line, Pujara steps out and pumps this over mid-wicket to seal the deal for the hosts. India win by 6 wickets!

26.3 Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, pushes it quicker and wider outside the off-stump as he spotted Pujara step out. The Indian wall puts his body on the line to ensure and lets this hit him on the body to ensure he is not stumped

26.2 Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, on the good length at the middle stump. Pujara strides forward to defend it to mid-wicket, no run

26.1 Todd Murphy to Cheteshwar Pujara, pushed through full and straight. Pujara steps out to flick it to square leg, no run

Todd Murphy [6.0-2-18-1] is back into the attack

overs

114 /4 score

runs

Kona Srikar Bharat *

23 (22)

Cheteshwar Pujara

27 (70)

Travis Head

0 /9

25.6 Travis Head to KS Bharat, fires it down the leg side from around the wicket, ignored

25.5 Travis Head to Cheteshwar Pujara, on the fuller length at the middle stump. Pujara leaves his crease to nudge it to deep square leg to level the scores

25.4 Travis Head to KS Bharat, fuller on the middle and leg-stump line. Eased down to long-on for a single

25.3 Travis Head to KS Bharat, SIX! Flighted in the slot outside the off-stump. Bharat sits dow non one knee and pumps his slog sweep over mid-wicket to clear the ropes. India one hit away now!

25.2 Travis Head to Cheteshwar Pujara, tossed up on length at the middle stump. Pujara steps out to work it to deep mid-wicket for one

25.1 Travis Head to Cheteshwar Pujara, on the good length outside off-stump, Pujara blunts it into the leg-side, no run

India are only 10 runs away now! Time for a change in the bowling, Travis Head, right-arm off break, comes into the attack