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Mastercard Test Series 2023: Team India retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after winning the 2nd test by 6 wickets against Australia

ByDurgesh Tiwary

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Mastercard Test Series 2023: Team India retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after winning the 2nd test by 6 wickets against Australia at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi.

2nd Test
Game Date: 17th February – 21st February 2023
Game Result: India won by 6 wickets.
Man Of the Match: Ravindra Jadeja

Now I am going to share day-to-day activity of this test match with all the details, records and milestones in my way.

Day 1
Australia captain Pat Cummins again won the toss in the 1st test against Team India and decided to bat first at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. One change in Indian Team and Shreyas Iyer is playing today in the place of Suryakumar Yadav while Australia made 2 changes and Travis Head and debutant Matthew Kuhnemann is playing in the place of Matt Renshaw and Scott Boland.

Australia bowled out for 263 runs in their 1st innings after batting first. Aussies will take this on a wicket which is expected to deteriorate as the game progresses. Earlier Warner fell early again, but Khawaja and Labuschagne resisted till Ashwin got the latter and Smith in the same over as Australia went in three-down at lunch. After lunch, Shami got Head but once again a partnership between Handscomb and Khawaja developed before the left-hander was brilliantly caught by KL Rahul to dismiss him for 81. Carey did not last long but Handscomb found a partner in Pat Cummins and the duo added 59 for the 7th wicket before Jadeja struck twice in one over. With Handscomb and Lyon able to deal with the spinners fairly confidently, Shami came back and got the last two wickets after Jadeja was denied a wicket due to a no-ball when he got Handscomb. The innings revolved around Khawaja and Handscomb who both were outstanding in their defence and when to play the right stroke. India opted not to give Ashwin a bowl after tea and that eased the pressure on Australia a tad. 9 overs left in the day for India to negotiate. Usman Khawaja scored 81 runs and Peter Handscomb scored unbeaten 72* runs. For Team India, Mohammed Shami picks 4 wickets.

Team India scored 21/0 on day 1 stumps. They are still trailing by 242 runs with all 10 wickets in hand. They needed to bat out 9 overs and the openers saw them through that. Rohit survived a bat-pad decision, Rahul got a couple that shot through, but they’ll back themselves to come back tomorrow and make the most of decent batting conditions.

AUS: 263
IND: 21/0 at day 1 stumps

Stats
– This will be Australia’s eighth Test in Delhi is the most they have played at a venue in India. Their only win at this venue came in their very first match here during the 1959/60 tour.

– Anil Kumble is the only Indian bowler with 100+ wickets in Tests against an opponent – 111 vs Australia. R Ashwin is on 97 wickets against Australia from 19 Tests.

– Nathan Lyon needs nine more wickets to surpass Shane Warne to become the leading wicket-taker among visiting bowlers in Asia. In his only appearance at Ferozshah Kotla in 2013, Lyon picked 9/165 which is his best match figures in India.

– Most Test wickets for India vs an opposition
111 A Kumble vs Aus
100 R Ashwin vs Aus *
99 Kapil Dev vs Pak
95 BS Chandrasekhar vs Eng
95 Harbhajan vs Aus

– Fewest Tests to 2500 runs + 250 wickets
55 Ian Botham
62 Ravindra Jadeja *
64 Imran Khan
65 Kapil Dev
70 Richard Hadlee

Day 2
Team India bowled out for 262 in their 1st innings. What a Test match this is turning out to be!! Australia take a slender one run lead into the second innings, but it looked like it would be much more at one point. KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma played out the overs last night and started nicely today as well before Lyon got one to spin into Rahul’s pads, trapping him LBW. That started a procession of sorts, as Nathan Lyon was really finding his mojo, picking up Rohit soon after, and then getting Pujara out for a duck. Shreyas Iyer poked one to short leg, where Handscomb took a stunning reflex catch. India however found some fightback with the home boy Virat Kohli and Ravi Jadeja. Kohli in particular was looking solid, he had a plan to play spin off the back foot and it looked to be working before a slightly controversial LBW decision sent him back, giving Kuhnemann his first wicket. Bharat was also out cheaply, giving Lyon his fifer but India found a strong fightback with Ashwin and Axar. The duo added 114 runs, as Axar played his shots against the left-arm spinner to notch up another fifty. The partnership was finally broken by Cummins with the new ball, and the rest of the tail folded quickly. Game as even as can be at this moment, but India need to remember they are batting last here. Axar Patel scored 74 runs and Virat Kohli scored 44 runs. For Australia, Nathan Lyon picks 5 wickets.

Australia scored 61/1 runs at day 2 stumps. They have now lead of 62 runs with 9 wickets in hand. David Warner has been ruled out by concussion, and Renshaw is his replacement. India dismissing Usman Khawaja early, but Travis Head, who was promoted to the top of the order, made a fluent unbeaten 39, he was well supported by an intent-filled innings from Labuschagne and the visitors will be the happier side going into the end of play, having stretched their overall lead to 62 runs. Ashwin and Jadeja didn’t get the same help from the pitch in that last hour and Rohit did look deflated at times.

AUS: 263 and 61/1 on day 2 stumps
IND: 262

Stats
– 100+ wickets in Tests vs India
139 James Anderson
105 M Muralitharan
100 Nathan Lyon *

– Bowlers having Kohli as their maiden Test victim
K Rabada
A Joseph
S Muthusamy
A Nortje
M Kuhnemann

– Bagging a duck in their 100th Test
Dilip Vengsarkar
Allan Border
Courtney Walsh
Mark Taylor
Stephen Fleming
Brendon McCullum
Alastair Cook
Cheteshwar Pujara

– Most five-wicket hauls against India in Tests:
8 – Nathan Lyon
7 – Muttiah Muralidaran
6 – James Anderson
6 – Ian Botham
6 – Imran Khan
6 – Malcolm Marshall

Day 3
Australia bowled out for 113 runs in their 2nd innings and set the target of 115 runs for India to win this test. They have lost 9 for 52 today when most reckoned, they were ahead when we came out to bat today. Ashwin was the one who broke the back with key wickets of Head and Smith before Jadeja ran riot to take his career-best haul. Atrocious shots from Australia helped too. Premeditated and a lot of them falling to the sweep and reverse-sweep. Some of them had no clue on how to play spin and they allowed the mental aspect of playing here on rank turner get to their heads. Once India smelt blood, it was carnage. Australia will be very disappointed for throwing away a very good position in the Test match but credit to India and especially Ashwin who was superb right from ball one today. There is still help for the spinners, but one senses that Australia’s chance to win has gone after that shocking collapse. Travis Head scored 43 runs and Maruns Labuschangne scored 35 runs. For Team India, Ravindra Jadeja picks 7 wickets.

Team India won the 2nd test by scoring 118/4 and won the test by 6 wickets. Another three-day Test and once again Australia losing the plot in their minds more than on the field. For all the talk of not panicking in the sub-continent, a bizarre half an hour from the visitors where they swept their way to defeat has costed them the game and potentially the series. The Test started with Australia opting to bat first, and Usman Khawaja stepped up after a first Test failure. He was supported by Handscomb while there was a rare failure for Smith and Labuschagne. Mo Shami picked four in the first innings, while Ashwin and Jadeja chipped in with three apiece. The reply from India was rocky, as KL Rahul’s lean patch continued, and most of their top-order struggled to get runs. They were reeling at 139/7 but Axar and Ashwin provided the rearguard to get the lead of Australia down to just a single run. Australia started the second innings nicely, with Travis Head taking the aggressive approach, and they were ahead at close of play yesterday. However, today felt like a collective ‘brain-fade’ for the team, as Ashwin broke through the top-order and then Jadeja just did them in with simple straight balls. He ended with career best figures of 7/42 as Australia folded for a meek score of 113. India had a few hiccups in the chase as Rahul was out cheaply, and Rohit ran himself out. However, Pujara held fort from one end despite Kohli and Iyer falling, and then KS Bharat added the finishing touches with his unbeaten cameo of 23. India retain the trophy, and they give themselves a huge shot in the arm to make the WTC Final. Skipper Rohit Sharma scored 31 runs and Cheteshwar Pujara also unbeaten on 31*. For Australia, Nathan Lyon picks 2 wickets.

AUS: 263 and 113
IND: 262 and 118/4

Stats
– Most successive Tests at a venue without a defeat for India
13 Mumbai Brabourne (1948-65)
13* Mohali (1997-2022)
13* Delhi (1993-2023)
11 Kanpur (1959-82)

– Hitting the winning run in the 100th Test
Ricky Ponting 4 off Johan Botha Sydney 2006
Cheteshwar Pujara 4 off Todd Murphy Delhi 2023

– Pujara avg in Tests since 2021
1st inngs: 19.90 (21 inngs)
2nd inngs: 48.73 (18 inngs)

– Jadeja – five dismissals came via bowled dismissals
The last bowler to do so was Shoaib Akhtar against New Zealand in Lahore in 2002. The only other spinner to do so in the last 50 years is Anil Kumble against South Africa in Joburg in 1992.

– Best figures for Jadeja in Tests
7/42 vs Aus Delhi 2023
7/48 vs Eng Chennai 2016
6/63 vs Aus Bengaluru 2017
6/138 vs SA Durban 2013

– Fewest overs bowled by Indians taking 7+ wickets in a Test innings:
12.1 – Ravindra Jadeja v AUS, 2023
13.5 – R Ashwin v NZ, 2016
15.2 – Narendra Hirwani v WI, 1988
15.2 – Irfan Pathan v ZIM, 2005
17.3 – Anil Kumble v AUS, 2004

– Fastest to 25000 international runs (by innings):
549 – VIRAT KOHLI
577 – Sachin Tendulkar
588 – Ricky Ponting
594 – Jacques Kallis
608 – Kumar Sangakkara

– India against Australia in international cricket:
1st win – at Kanpur, 1959
100th win – at Delhi, 2023
Both came after conceding a first-innings lead.

– This is the first time a team retains Border-Gavaskar Trophy in its 4 consecutive editions.
2017 – India
2018/19 – India
2020/21 – India
2023 – India

– Most runs scored against a bowler in Test cricket:
532* – Cheteshwar Pujara๐Ÿ‡ฎ vs Nathan Lyon
531 – Kumar Sangakkara vs Saeed Ajmal
520 – Steve Smith vs Stuart Broad
517 – Graham Gooch ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ vs Kapil Dev

That’s all from the 2nd Test of the Border-Gavaskar series. I hope you will like this information. We will back with all the details of the 3rd Test of this tour which will begin from 1st March. For more updates visit my page on Facebook Durgesh Tiwary’s View and website Cricket Movie Website

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