Ahmedabad Test draw against Australia, India’s dominance in Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the fourth time in a row

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Ahmedabad Test draw against Australia, India’s dominance in Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the fourth time in a row

Ahmedabad Test draw against Australia.

Ahmedabad Test draw against Australia.

India vs Australia: The fourth Test match played between India and Australia in Ahmedabad ended in a draw. With this, Rohit Sharma and Co. took the Test series to their name. The Indian team has captured the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the fourth time in a row. Batting first in the fourth Test, Australia scored 480 runs in the first innings thanks to centuries from Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green. In response, India took a 91-run lead with 571 runs on the board, while Australia could only manage 175 runs for the loss of 2 wickets on the last day of play. In such a situation, the match was not reaching any result, due to which both the captains declared the match a draw with mutual consent.

It is known that in the first 3 Test matches, Australia’s batsmen were seen struggling continuously, but even on a difficult pitch, Usman Khawaja scored 2 half-centuries. At the same time, after getting a good pitch in Ahmedabad, he did not let go of this golden opportunity. Khawaja played a brilliant inning of 180 runs. Supporting him, Cameron Green also scored 114 runs in 170 balls. Thanks to these two batsmen, the visiting team crossed the 400 mark for the first time in this series and put 480 runs on the board. In response to 480 runs, India needed some big innings from the batsmen, which were completed by Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli.

Shubman completed the second century of his Test career by playing a brilliant innings of 128 runs. On the other hand, Virat Kohli scored the 75th international century of his international career playing an innings of 186 runs.

India won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1

Team India’s dominance has been seen in the last 4 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Be it at home or abroad, Team India has consistently done well in this series to win the title. The Ahmedabad Test may have resulted in a draw, but the way Australia batted in the first innings almost shattered India’s hopes. In such a situation, Captain Rohit used Ravichandran Ashwin very well. Due to this, Australia was looking for more than 500 runs, but the team was reduced to 480 only. Later, Shubman and Virat got Team India back with brilliant batting.

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